See: "http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-06-03-009-26-NW-DP-PB";
"Germany is on the verge of giving IBM a major public sector computer contract - and dealing a blow to software giant Microsoft in the process. "According to the Wall Street Journal, IBM will shortly announce a deal which will offer German government offices deep discounts on computer systems based on Linux, rather than Microsoft's near-ubiquitous Windows operating system. "The Journal said it had a copy of the statement prepared for release on Monday..."
