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Re:European parliament strongly recommends open source software by collyw on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:43AM (#23282468)
I think basically Linux didn't work that well for them more than "MS worming their way back in". It sounded pretty pragmatic in the case of Munich from what I read.
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Re:European parliament strongly recommends open source software by pabs3 on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:46AM (#23282484)
Interestingly Munich are switching back to Linux again:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-i... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23190447

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Re:European parliament strongly recommends open source software by ysleepy on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:53AM (#23282514)
"pragmatic" in the sense of MS putting their regional headquarters there and a change of leading party in the local government iirc.

That was not done by request of the technical staff.

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Re:European parliament strongly recommends open source software by samizdis on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:48AM (#23282488)
Munich, though, has turned back to open source again:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-i...

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Re:European parliament strongly recommends open source software by shock on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:58AM (#23282542)
It looks like you've read only part of the story. The part I read was about Microsoft putting a lot of effort/money, including lobbying, into making Munich switch away from Linux, and now, as the sibling comments point out, Munich is switching back to Linux.
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