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Because reports say "Germany" when they talk about some town in the middle of a rape seed field nobody's heard of adopting Linux. Everyone's heard of Limux, the distro for Munich, that was killed by the Christian conservatives for sweet sweet Microsoft money.

I can understand your scepticism, Germany is not the country of innovation and progress these days. However, let's not spread fake news about "Germany wanting Linux for a decade". It simply isn't true. There hasn't been an official statement like this from the federal digital minister... ever. At least not that I can find. That this comes from a Christian democrat is even more astounding.

Whether it will result in anything (he just wants to "raise awareness") and be tabled as soon as this invitation to be lobbied by GAFAM is taken up, who knows. The Christian democrats have promised 100% fiber internet for a decade too and any trip through Germany has always been a lesson in patient with the internet. Hell, rice fields in fucking Vietnam and the middle of the goddamn jungle in South America have had better internet that in the middle of large German cities.

At least, if it's said by the digital minister of Germany, there's a possibility other European countries will listen and actually do more than Germany promised.

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