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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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[–] 0 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

It actually does now. Your M365 license also includes a windows license.

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

    The cheapest M365 I see is 8 USD/month, not per year

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (5 children)

    Maybe you responded to the wrong person? I didn't talk about price but yeah M365 is paid monthly. Mostly, you can get annual licenses with a bit of a discount.

    But an exchange online license is only $4/month ;)

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

    Mate, are you sure you don't confuse per year and per month numbers? Those 180000 is per YEAR (for 30000 users)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Mate, are you sure you didnt confuse my comment with someone else's? I didn't put any numbers in my comment at all, I was just being cheeky and pointing out that M365 licenses come with a Windows license as well. Or at least business basic and above.

    I am not German, and I don't know what licenses or how many accounts the German government has. That is irrelevant to my comment.

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

    Yes, I am 100% sure: you responded to my comment where I say that 6 EUR/year/user won't cover even Windows. I wasn't talking about license capabilities (what's included and what's not), purely regarding the cost.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes, but for $6/user/month you get licensed windows then it seems that $6/user/month does in fact pay for windows...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    But I am talking about 6 EUR per YEAR, not per month - that's what's written in the original post: EUR per YEAR. I checked, that municipality has about 30000 employees. So 6 EUR per user per YEAR, which is completely unrealistic.

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