It would be nice to redirect a part of that money to support the development of used software. Thunderbird for example is constantly at risk of being shut down.
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LETS GOOOOO
I'm more surprised that a city in Germany didn't switch to Linux a decade or more ago.
Late to the party is still showing up, good for them.
Too busy faxing each other. Germany is Luddite Land, by choice.
Source: moved here 7 years ago. Germans are a weird bunch. Change is not welcome in just about any form.
Nice to see them adopt the open source apps, though. They can probably get some screaming deals on some US Robotics 56k modems on eBay Local.
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Ofc its Schleswig-Holstein. The only sane state with sane politicians
ambitious plan
Good, good, but I guess it is only a plan to negotiate for lower prices.
But if they actually deliver without going back... ๐
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