Over €10 million (approximately £8 million or $12.8 million) has been
 saved by the city of Munich, thanks to its development and use of the 
city's own Linux platform. The calculation of savings follows a question
 by the city council&#39;s independent <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Voters" rel="external">Free Voters</a>
 (Freie Wähler) group, which led to Munich&#39;s municipal LiMux project 
presenting a comparative budget calculation at the meeting of the city 
council&#39;s IT committee on Wednesday. The calculation compares the 
current overall cost of the LiMux migration with that of two 
technologically equivalent Windows scenarios: Windows with Microsoft 
Office and Windows with OpenOffice. Reportedly, savings amount to over 
€10 million.............<br><br><a href="http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linux-brings-over-EUR10-million-savings-for-Munich-1755802.html">http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linux-brings-over-EUR10-million-savings-for-Munich-1755802.html</a><br clear="all">

<br>Regards<br>-- <br>David Maina.<br>P. O. Box 8310-00200,<br>NAIROBI,<br>KENYA..<br>Cell:+254-721-950073.<br>Registered Linux User #407239.<br>Registered Ubuntu User #35129.<br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>

&quot;By golly, I&#39;m beginning to think Linux really *is* the best thing since sliced bread.&quot;<br>