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

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[–] cotlovan@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

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.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago

Ofc its Schleswig-Holstein. The only sane state with sane politicians

[–] kolorafa@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

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... 😍

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 239 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 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. 🙄

[–] lowleekun@ani.social 89 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 ✌️😎

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 87 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.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

They had already moved it, so Munich didn't have to switch back for that.
But yes I bet it was a factor as in corruption.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Munich racist shitheads (a.k.a. CSU) absolutely do love that sweet "freedom money" a.k.a. bribes though. Corrupt fuckers...

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[–] innermachine@lemmy.world 125 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This and software companies openly supporting Linux. For example, if Adobe and AutoCAD among others would build some tars then you could see it.

Ironically, Game Engines are ahead of the curve on this. You could build Unreal Engine from the github page on Linux for many years now and we also have Godot and Blender. I think several PCB design and also architecture tools already exist on Linux as well, so there is definitely room for a lot of industries and businesses to shift away from Windows as long as they can find a competent tech guy to maintain everything with minimal downtime.

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 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.

[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 76 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 85 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Assuming the IT staff isn't comprised of a bunch of junior techs that only know the Microsoft suite and not the actual inner workings of how email and Linux works.

[–] BCOVertigo@lemmy.world 53 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Conveniently, this could be a path to competence for those juniors in the long term.

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[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 65 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Just wait for Microsoft to start astroturfing the initiative.

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[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 61 points 1 week ago

Let's hope it sticks when Microsoft backs up the money truck.

[–] TheLastOfHisName@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It would be nice to see the European governments start a genuine effort on funding open source development, and start laying the foundation for a migration to their own Linux distro. Microsoft isn't trustworthy. Hell, most American big tech is untrustworthy. Moving your government offices to an in house developed OS is going to be paramount for their security in the future.

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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Germany has done this multiple times before. Microsoft has historically swept in with some sweetheart deal to lure them back.

Hopefully it sticks this time.

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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I switched to Thunderbird about a year and a half ago.

Last week I had to help a coworker with their Outlook and holy shit is it so much worse than when I dropped it. There is so much AI garbage in every little thing and bad design getting in the way of just sending and receiving emails.

Same thing for the other office products

[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's horrendous. Can't even explain how bad it is now.

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[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 43 points 1 week ago (26 children)

LibreOffice is a great alternative for 99% of people, but there is that 1% of people who is gonna be disappointment. This is a great step though.

[–] msage@programming.dev 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Same goes for any software.

I don't understand why people act like Windows is the holy grail of computing.

It sucks, it barely works for 90% of users, and the rest will use anything else.

Just as Linux will work for 98% of people, and those last ones are due to handful of evil companies.

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[–] lostbit@feddit.nl 40 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Some localities in Germany have been incorporating Linux into their systems for 20+ years.

That may explain why the financial benefits seem low.

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[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 week ago (13 children)

I can't see a reason why Linux distro wouldn't be enough for 99% of office machines. Unless deployment is really that much better and easier with Windows and MS Office. And whatever proprietary apps they use that need running on certain OS.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Those proprietary apps are the really big factor. A lot of stuff is run from a browser these days, but some systems are just too expensive to replace.

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[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 38 points 1 week ago (14 children)

If the trend continues then maybe the hacker community will start focusing on Linux. Can you imagine "I don't need a virus scanner, I use Windows, the under dog OS"

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The hacker community it's very focused on Linux since most servers in the world run it. The fly by night script kiddies and botnet creators definitely prefer end user systems though.

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[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 37 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I sometimes wonder what if everyone who spends money on licensing fees instead takes the same amount of money and puts it into FOSS. Imagine what we could achieve? Likely the money would be used more efficiently because they could donate it to non-profit companies which don't need to pay tax.

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[–] redditor_chatter44@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Would love to see further movements towards foss software in many other governments

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