Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 14th Mar 2005 21:38 UTC
CeBIT: The word in Hannover is that some German government agencies have switched their allegiance away from SuSE Linux, because following Novell's takeover it is no longer a German company.
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This simply illustrates the advantage in using Linux no matter which flavor you choose to like.
With a proprietary offering like Windows for example our scenario would be
The word in Hannover is that some German government agencies have switched their allegiance away from Microsoft Windows, to Microsoft Windows because following the recent increase in price it is no longer cost efficient to use Windows.
Basically once you are there, you are stuck.
With Linux the following is possible....
The word in Hannover is that some German government agencies have switched their allegiance away from Suse Linux, to Debian because following the recent increase in price it is no longer cost efficient to use Suse.
Even though the news item was meant to illustrate another message this is the underlying advantage in using an Open Source product. No vendor lockin.