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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 5 days 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] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Agreed. However, more users (personal, institutional or business) equals more devs focused on the OS.

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

We need enough, not more. The concept of "more" and "surplus" got us into this capitalist dystopia. I know this isn't the point you're making. I'm just making a separate point that I thought of reading yours. :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

And that's fine. I agree. Becoming consumist hoarders is what got us to where we're at. Or rather, what allowed companies and institutions to take us here.