On Tuesday 25 January 2005 10:05, Ben Higginbottom wrote: <SNIP>
In specific regards to Munich, the used car salesman crossed with a mafia don that is Steve Ballmer did apparently pay the Munich authorities a visit and made them an offer they did refuse to undercut the Suse/IBM bid sometime last year. Which makes it far more interesting as they apparently went for the best on balance bid as opposed to the cheapest.
I had heard about that,too. I thought that maybe Ballmer had upped the anti by promising the Munich mayor a villa on Sicily or something. Good to hear how sensible the Bavarians are. Regards, jimmo -- --------------------------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden --------------------------------------- Be sure to visit the Linux Tutorial: http://www.linux-tutorial.info --------------------------------------- NOTE: All messages sent to me in response to my posts to newsgroups or forums are subject to reposting.