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public services of an entire german state switches from Microsoft to open source (Libreoffice, Linux, Nextcloud, Thunderbird) (euro-stack.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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they will save 188,000 € on Microsoft license fees per year

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago (11 children)

Unfortunately nextcloud sucks

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[–] [email protected] 241 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

Fingers crossed that this will be an indisputable success. 🤞
Allegedly a similar project in Munich went really really well, but was shut down when the right wing came into power.
For some reason the right wing of Munich doesn't like freedom. 🙄

[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 week ago

Well there is never enough money for the workers that they need for open source but there is always more than enough money for companies and their consultants ✌️😎

[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 week ago (1 children)

was shut down when the right wing came into power.

...and when M$ moved their headquarters into the city of Munich, making some nice impact on the city treasury.

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[–] [email protected] 125 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is the sort of adoption we need to bring Linux into the mainstream

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[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 week ago

Microsoft blocking email access to the ICJ director may be the best thing to happen for Linux adoption since the SteamDeck. Now every Microsoft lobbyst can be asked what would happen is the US government order Microsoft to block them out of their infrastructure.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's gonna be a rough few months for the IT department

[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Actually being able to troubleshoot things yourself instead of waiting for a reply from Microsoft support is a godsend.