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public services of an entire german state switches from Microsoft to open source (Libreoffice, Linux, Nextcloud, Thunderbird) (euro-stack.com)
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they will save 188,000 € on Microsoft license fees per year

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have seen this happen before, for a while, then somehow M$ convinced them to switch back.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I think this happens somewhere in Germany every few years. MS then makes a concerted effort to woo some politicians back, and a few years later we have news that a city or state is moving back to MS. Yes, it is good that cities / states are trying Linux and challenging MS, but there is soo much more to any of this than technical superiority or licensing fees.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    188K dollars or euros, is basically the cost to put one warm sales body in the territory, to keep the hooks in acknowledging that they should be paid for their software.

    To me, it's about digital sovereignty, and the states should stand on their own two feet and know how their own computers work, not just rely on a foreign company.

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