On 13/05/11 20:02, plino wrote:
> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/227849/open_source_advocates_angry_at_german_govt_decision.html
> 
> This isn't even about OpenOffice vs LibreOffice... It's about Closed Source
> vs Open Source
> 
> TBH I think it was a bad move to change radically if you have experienced
> and productive users trained on whatever program (regardless of the
> license). 
> 
> Also, if you need professional support you can't just move to Open Source,
> let alone a Linux distro that was still being developed...
> 
> Could it be that it took them 6 years to realize that?
> 
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A bit offtopic of course, but what a waste! Suse have been there all the
time and I'm pretty sure Redhat have a regional office serving Germany.
So I think this cooks down to mismanagement above everything else...

-Olav

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