Microsoft gives German government discount
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Governments and multinational companies should take note of Microsoft's willingness to bend on prices to keep key accounts for its Windows operating system from wandering into the open-source Linux camp. The German Interior Ministry has signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft to receive favorable conditions for both buying and leasing the U.S. company's software products, the ministry said Thursday in a statement. The agreement will save federal, state and local governments "much money," Interior Minister Otto Schily said in the statement.