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German state of Schleswig-Holstein planning to switch 25,000 of its PCs to Linux and LibreOffice
(blog.documentfoundation.org)
this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2021
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It infuriates me too.
I really don't understand how it's acceptable for shops to sell devices pre-loaded with Micro$oft products, without letting the consumer know that there's the license fee included in the purchase. But, as you say, this practice has gone on for decades.
that too, that just further adds to the issue. hell, industry standards like adobe literally only exist because they didn't pursue pirates (profit came from business license) and the adobe suite was the only tools people knew at the time due to being available for "free" to home users. a statement which the CEO admitted, but then had to redact. i assume by pressure from the music industry, sony's rootkit model, etc. at the time.