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From: "Don" <g@crcomp.net>
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Subject: Re: German state gov. dicthing Windows for Linux,  30k workers migrating.
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 12:18:36 -0000 (UTC)
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Jan Panteltje wrote:
> German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating
> Schleswig-Holstein looks to succeed where Munich failed.
>  https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/german-state-gov-ditching-windows-for-linux-30k-workers-migrating/
>
> Good.
> Less US spying too.

This reminds me of the guy who ditched Los Alamos and Caltech "big boy
big iron" back in the days of Cray - 1996. Instead he networked
sixteen Pentium Pro PCs running Linux together to build his own DIY
supercomputer for a fraction of mainframe cost.

Danke,

-- 
Don, KB7RPU, https://www.qsl.net/kb7rpu
There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day In a relative way And returned on the previous night.