they will save 188,000 € on Microsoft license fees per year

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[–] 37 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I sometimes wonder what if everyone who spends money on licensing fees instead takes the same amount of money and puts it into FOSS. Imagine what we could achieve? Likely the money would be used more efficiently because they could donate it to non-profit companies which don't need to pay tax.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Just remember, the license fees mostly don't go into development, or maintenance, or security, or any of that, they mostly pay for "sales" which includes a strong component of end customer support. When you divert "all that money" into FOSS, FOSS development and maintenance might be lucky to get 20%, the other 80% will be spend training and employing tech support.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    And there could be insight into whether the money is actually used for developing the relevant application.

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    I don't see how this gives any insight into how your subscription price is being used for products relevant to you.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Your subscription price is the source of those dividends. It pays the shareholders, it pays the sales staff's commissions, it pays for management, it pays for executive salaries and bonuses, it pays for legal counsel, it pays for political lobbying. Your subscription price is working hard, for the company, not for you.

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