Re: [libreoffice-users] m$ and munich

On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:17:38 -0800
Tom Cloyd <tomcloydmsma@gmail.com> wrote:

> You guys are missing something here. I don't have the link, but I
> read a news report on this (in The Guardian perhaps) which said that
> what had happened was that has been a group of conservatives in city
> government who have been opposed to the switch to opensource from the
> start have assumed leadership in the government. This change appears
> to be happening because they are now calling the shots.
>
> Tom

yes and the register says there's a faction claiming the cost issues
are just from bad IT management and this is an ass-covering exercise.

d

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> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster <
> webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:
>
> > If they pay more taxes to the city, then there might be a deal to
> > not ask for a "tax discount" if the city uses M$ products.
> >
> > In my city and county [in USA] a big reason we get business is due
> > to the governments involved will give then some reduced taxes, or
> > tax free, for a number of years.  They do this to help the area
> > employ more people who need the type of work offered.  Now we have
> > an arena that needs a new owner or we loose a lot of events along
> > with our hockey teem.  The new buyer wants the city and county to
> > replace the "ice plant" at a cost of 1.5 million dollars or it is
> > no deal.
> >
> > So if M$ moves into the city, there has to be some advantage to M$,
> > since I bet that the property taxes are higher than the old
> > location.
> >
> >
> > On 02/17/2017 09:43 AM, H. Stoellinger wrote:
> >
> > > Well, from what I know, Microsoft moved offices from the area
> > > outside Munich into the town.
> > > Whether this had an influence on the decision of the city council?
> > > God only knows;-)...
> > >
> > > Am 2017-02-17 um 15:25 schrieb M Henri Day:
> > >
> > > > 2017-02-17 12:21 GMT+01:00 message <letter@openmailbox.org>:
> > > >
> > > > Is there a trail of money between m$ and munich?
> > > > > https://diasp.eu/posts/5166693
> > > >
> > > > ​I know of no evidence, but if one is adept at avoiding taxes,
> > > > money can be
> > > > saved to use for other purposes :
> > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/10/how-
> > > > microsoft-avoided-billions-in-taxes-and-what-the-gop-says-
> > > > theyll-do-about-it/..
> > > > ..
> > > >
> > > > Henri
> >
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