p2pnet.net News:- On Wednesday, "Munich, Germany’s third largest city, decided to take a calculated risk and proceed with its plan to equip all 14,000 computers in its public administration with Linux and other open source office applications, despite concerns of possible software patent infringements raised in the debate over new European Union patent legislation," says an InfoWorld report.

Munich mayor Christian Ude recently said a legal study concerning the $42 million project was slated for completion this autumn, and if its finding were positive, LiMux, as the move has been dubbed, would move forward.

Now, the migration is slated to start toward the end of this year or early next, "and complete the migration project by the end of 2008," says the story.

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See:-

calculated risk – Munich migrates to Linux despite EU debate, InfoWorld, September 30, 2004

Christian Ude – Munich re-thinks Linux, p2pnet, August 11, 2004

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