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Munich Has Saved €4M So Far After Switch To Linux
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28 Mar ’12 - 11:23 pm
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http://linux.slashdo.....h-to-linux

"Mayor Ude reported today that the city of Munich has saved €4 million so far (Google translation of German original) by switching its IT infrastructure from Windows NT and Office to Linux and OpenOffice...."

I guess I cant wrap my head around the idea of converting an entire government over to a totally new operating system, but its a cool story in the end.

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I only use open office, it does everything I need for free

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