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In 2004, Munich, Germany led the creation of LiMux and switched the city to that from Windows.
In 2017 they reverted to Windows.
In 2020 they re-asserted the intent to switch to open source.
What’s old is new again.
Of course this has nothing to do with Microsoft moving their Germany headquarters to Munich, flooding the city with corporate tax money.
Obligatory Documentary of that event, including interview with LiMux sysadmin that exposes the back alley deals with Microsoft in Germany.
Must be completely unrelated.