▲ 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
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 38 points 2 years ago (1 child) There were also previous notes about public tax dollars should not feed private corporations, but stay within a public system permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] youngGoku@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lol. Geez in America this would be radical ideas haha. Seems nice not to have tax dollars going to private companies at a glance. However, I do not trust the government to get the job done right by themselves either in many cases. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Wouldn’t be government anyway. I’ve worked on both public and private sectors, and they’re both run by people with the same potential for good and bad decisions and performance. I’ve seen great things coming from public organizations and terrible things coming from successful private organizations. Don’t buy into the narrative that government = bad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] youngGoku@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lol. Geez in America this would be radical ideas haha. Seems nice not to have tax dollars going to private companies at a glance. However, I do not trust the government to get the job done right by themselves either in many cases. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Wouldn’t be government anyway. I’ve worked on both public and private sectors, and they’re both run by people with the same potential for good and bad decisions and performance. I’ve seen great things coming from public organizations and terrible things coming from successful private organizations. Don’t buy into the narrative that government = bad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Wouldn’t be government anyway. I’ve worked on both public and private sectors, and they’re both run by people with the same potential for good and bad decisions and performance. I’ve seen great things coming from public organizations and terrible things coming from successful private organizations. Don’t buy into the narrative that government = bad. permalink fedilink source parent