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I think it failed because the Mail software they used had a bug that couldn’t handle very large E-Mail subjects. Then they were like “See? This linux thing is bad. Go back to Microsoft on everything right now”
@mrgoosmoos@Paulemeister
I hit that block almost every week!
Especially when backing up email in MS that is saved under the Subject name, which can be very long.
Noooo, it’s just a coincidence that Munich switched off LiMux right after Microsoft moved their EU HQ there, and now has one of the highest IT budgets for a single city (500M€)
Yeah, talked to their CTO in 2012 when I wrote an article for heise.de (sadly, never released with his statements, only broad summaries) and he basically said the politicians were intentionally crippling support for Linux so that Microsoft IT support looked better. He specifically mentioned the WollMux form system as a failed software project.
IIRC in Munich the effort “failed” in good part thanks to Microsoft lobbying and bribes.
I think it failed because the Mail software they used had a bug that couldn’t handle very large E-Mail subjects. Then they were like “See? This linux thing is bad. Go back to Microsoft on everything right now”
hilarious when considering that Windows still cannot handle filepaths longer than 256 characters
@mrgoosmoos @Paulemeister
I hit that block almost every week!
Especially when backing up email in MS that is saved under the Subject name, which can be very long.
It can’t? What the fuck?
Noooo, it’s just a coincidence that Munich switched off LiMux right after Microsoft moved their EU HQ there, and now has one of the highest IT budgets for a single city (500M€)
Yeah, talked to their CTO in 2012 when I wrote an article for heise.de (sadly, never released with his statements, only broad summaries) and he basically said the politicians were intentionally crippling support for Linux so that Microsoft IT support looked better. He specifically mentioned the WollMux form system as a failed software project.