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Linux wins big over Microsoft in Munich (USA Today)Linux wins big over Microsoft in Munich (USA Today)Posted Jul 16, 2003 9:07 UTC (Wed) by angdraug (subscriber, #7487)In reply to: Linux wins big over Microsoft in Munich (USA Today) by pointwood Parent article: Linux wins big over Microsoft in Munich (USA Today) The difference with Linux is that when SuSE or Debian drop support for an old version, the City will be able to support it themselves (maybe that is why local university is involved), or find any third party to do that as long as necessary. The consideration that the City can switch to another support vendor anytime also forces SuSE and IBM into a more fair bargaining position from the very beginning. With Microsoft, there is no other place to go, and they are widely known to abuse that position.
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