▲ 863 ▼ German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux and LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog (blog.documentfoundation.org) submitted 2 years ago by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml 142 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] baru@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (2 children) I wonder if this is related to https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/. This as it shouldn't be about saving cost. It should be about being sovereign. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 28 points 2 years ago* I'm not sure it'll even save them money, at least initially. They're likely paying consultants to work out the best approach, they need to retrain staff, and they'd probably go with a distro like RedHat that has vendor support (plus have paid support for LibreOffice too) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Contend6248@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Not being held hostage by one US company should be a priority by much more countries permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 28 points 2 years ago* I'm not sure it'll even save them money, at least initially. They're likely paying consultants to work out the best approach, they need to retrain staff, and they'd probably go with a distro like RedHat that has vendor support (plus have paid support for LibreOffice too) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Not being held hostage by one US company should be a priority by much more countries permalink fedilink source parent