Just a note....
This was basically the recently elected mayoral staff gobbing off.
Run this through a translate engine, and the general feel is that the rest of the council chambers are rolling their eyes at the mayors office.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Linux-in-Muenchen-Stadtrat-verteidigt-LiMux-gegen-Buergermeister-2262506.html
(I might well get my dad - a native german speaker - to do a more nuanced translation later)
Steven R