[ale] MS vs. Linux in Munich

[Jonathan Rickman]

On Sunday 20 July 2003 22:24, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> On Sunday 20 July 2003 21:27, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > MS will still get licensing fees.  It seems that 80% of those desktops
> > will have VMWare installed running Windows.  Its a shared victory
> > with MS, VMWare, and Linux sharing the spoils.
>
> VMWare is certainly getting a piece of the action, but MS is not. The
> city already had all the NT4/Office97 licenses. They are simply doing the
> prudent thing, and allowing for a transition period rather than jumping
> in with both feet and throwing away their years of investment in Windows
> apps.

Just read a comment on /. that indicated that VMWare was part of the deal 
with SuSE. Is there a version of SuSE that includes it?

-- 
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net


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