Germans seek savings through Linux in tough economic times
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FRANKFURT, GermanyÂ -- Tough economic times in Germany have made Linux and other open source software products appear tantalizing to local businesses. Yet many remain hesitant to dump their Microsoft Corp. software completely, if for no other reasons than it performs relatively well, and nearly everyone in corporate Germany uses it. That was the general impression from speakers delivering presentations Tuesday at the LinuxWorld conference in Frankfurt.
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Germany, with its high costs, reluctant consumers and restive auto workers, has become a major drag on the country's two largest carmakers, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen, which both reported mixed earnings on ...
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Is open source the best bet in a recession?
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Clouds continued to gather over the German economy on Monday, as the Bundesbank estimated that the modest recovery of the eurozone's biggest economy already appears to be running out steam.
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Surging oil prices are weighing on business sentiment in Germany, the eurozone's biggest economy, a new poll showed.
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Germans are increasingly worried about jobs, their incomes and also feel Germany is losing out in the process of globalization, a survey showed on Friday.
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Troubling news for cash-strapped Lotharios, particularly in Germany.
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The already sizeable tax incentive for German companies to invest in central and eastern Europe rather than at home will rise in coming years as effective corporate tax rates continue to fall in the region.
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A year after announcing it would migrate its Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows-run computers to Linux, the German city of Munich is expected to make the migration official. The city's council has scheduled a vote, which is anticipated to kick off the next phase of the Linux move.
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Supporters of PC operating system  Linux are preparing to counter a recent deal penned by  Microsoft Corp  which establishes for the first time  the principle of paying the software giant for the operating  system, whose license requires it to be free.
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Demand for the Linux OS is gathering steam as it becomes more popular outside its core market of computer enthusiasts, helped in part by interest in open-source software from European governments.
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Businesses in Europe, Asia can net bucks for outdated computer equipment, company says.
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For every cent the U.S. dollar drops on currency markets, life gets harder for cuckoo clock makers in Germany's Black Forest.
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German national railway moves 55,000 Notes users to Linux system.
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Berlin (IANS) More and more Germans are turning their backs on the economic problems plaguing their homeland in the hope of better pay and working conditions in other countries.
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More than a year after the German city of Munich declared its landmark intention to abandon Microsoft Windows in favor of upstart rival Linux, its councilors are finally ready to go ahead with the plan.
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German retail sales took an unexpected tumble in November, denting hopes for a noticeable pick-up in consumer spending in the eurozone's biggest economy, where chronically weak domestic demand remains the main stumbling block to recovery, any time soon.