[horstmeyer]

It was because Germany is a paradise for lobbyists, and Microsoft agreed to build their Microsoft Germany headquarters in Munich.

More info here: https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170301-01.html

[tw04]

> Microsoft agreed to build their Microsoft Germany headquarters in Munich.

You’re probably going to need to cite that bold of a claim… Microsoft opened their German HQ in Munich in 2014.

https://news.microsoft.com/europe/features/microsoft-in-muni...

[yosamino]

Your link does not support this claim, it is dated 2018.

They seem to have moved in 2016

> Opened in October 2016, the modern office building is the ideal venue for hosting contemporary work solutions.

https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-calls-new-german-headquart...

[tw04]

It absolutely supports my claim if you actually read what I posted. Per the link:

>Microsoft Germany’s headquarters in Munich, which opened its doors four years ago, was designed with the modern workplace in mind, to ensure that employees and visitors alike are in an environment which truly gets the best out of them.

Furthermore, 2014 or 2016 - claiming that Munich is switching back to Windows due to Microsoft building a new headquarters without any factual basis for the claim, especially when the HQ was committed to long before the switch was announced, is libel at best.