[collyw]

I think basically Linux didn't work that well for them more than "MS worming their way back in". It sounded pretty pragmatic in the case of Munich from what I read.

[pabs3]

Interestingly Munich are switching back to Linux again:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-i... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23190447

[ysleepy]

"pragmatic" in the sense of MS putting their regional headquarters there and a change of leading party in the local government iirc.

That was not done by request of the technical staff.

[samizdis]

Munich, though, has turned back to open source again:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-i...

[shock]

It looks like you've read only part of the story. The part I read was about Microsoft putting a lot of effort/money, including lobbying, into making Munich switch away from Linux, and now, as the sibling comments point out, Munich is switching back to Linux.