The article is conveniently leaving out the part of the story where Munich decided to revert its Linux migration only after heavy lobbying by Microsoft.
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As a dev for a german company serving cities among their customers i canโt wait to support Linux!
IMO there should come an European law that forces computer manufactuers to offer customers the option between Windows or Linux. This is a way to make Linux more mainstream, but still leaving the final decission to the customer.
Should this ever be the case, I am sure that Linux would become more popular, simply because the same computer would be cheaper just because of the operating system choice. Windows licenses aren't cheap.
Is it going to be RHEL though?
In the light of the most recent actions taken by a hostile orange. Having the gov run on Microsoft WAS a bad financial decision, but has become a strategic weakness now!
Linux is - legally - a U.S. product, backed by a U.S. Foundation, led by a U.S. citizen. Just saying.
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