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What do the U.S. Department of Defense, the city of Munich and the radical President of Venezuela have in common? All three are ditching Bill Gates. More and more governments are turning to open-source software like Linux as a cheaper, more flexible alternative to Microsoft's proprietary programs (Microsoft declined to comment for this story.) Linux, in particular, is proving irresistible in the developing world. In Brazil, when Microsoft offered to install Windows in school computers pro bono, Brazil's chief technology officer caused a stir by comparing the company to drug dealers giving the first hit free...
...second university crew to cross the line in a time of 16:47.56—almost 40 seconds behind Harvard.The Crimson started in the event on a staggered start, ahead of a U.S. Rowing boat composed of the U.S. four that won gold at the World Championships in Munich this summer. The U.S. Rowing boat started fourth and overtook the Crimson in the final strokes of the race.“By the end, it was just a case of holding the Americans off,” senior stroke George Kitovitz said. “It?...
That Russian President Vladimir Putin is hopping mad with Washington has been obvious for some time now. In a speech in Munich last July, he lambasted the U.S. for its "unilateral and frequently illegitimate actions," claiming that "the United States has overstepped its national borders in every way" and slamming its "greater and greater disdain" for international law. Enraged by U.S. moves to station a missile defense system on his doorstep, Putin withdrew Russia from a Cold War-era treaty governing the size of conventional military forces in Europe, and ordered its old turbo-prop Bear bombers out of mothballs...
...complementing the ever-shifting silhouette of the spot-lit sculpture. In the past, the original sculpture has only been set in motion during weekly demonstrations due to its fragility, while the label directed viewers to a video made available online. Paintings by Max Beckmann from the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich Through Jan. 6, 2008 The three paintings by Max Beckmann on loan from the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich each represent very different stages in the German painter’s life and career. The earliest, “Dance in Baden-Baden” (1923) is an example...