The best thing about this is that eventually these organizations are going to want features and fixes that don't exist yet in the open source software they're using, at which point they'll have to invest in development. If this becomes a trend I think it will mean more stability and more functionality in open software in general.

Which is always a concern .... but at the same time, the more often organizations switch, the more people realize the benefits and eventually, the switch will stick permanently.

I perceive that the ground is prepared well enough for many of those to just stay. And contribute a bit.

Because when something goes wrong they can know nothing, call someone and say 'fix it now' and they would. That support line is gone. Ideally they should have a few of these people on staff. Well see.

Support contracts aren't always a thing for FOSS projects, and companies need support contracts to get support from the source when dealing with P1 outages and the like.

More likey they are prone on it, because they get a cut from it. There is a big Microsoft office in Bavaria.

I still remember when Bavaria was one of the first to use Linux.

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Bayern is a bit of a conservative shithole if you ask me. Since 1957 the CSU party has always won the leadership of the state executive. They are constantly hindering green energy production and they suck BWM-cock regarding internal combustion engine cars. It does not surprise me, that they are shit on this question too.

Edit: Ups, wahrscheinlich hätte ich dir das nicht erklären müssen, wenn du ja deutsche Heise Artikellinks postest... Ich lasse es jetzt aber für andere Leser stehen.