I hope they don’t fall for it, but I’m sure they will.
The other alternative is Microsoft with Office365. If taxpayers are going to have to pay for one or the other, the cheaper one sounds like the better alternative.
I think you’re just thinking about word processing and spreadsheets neither of which covers the big things orgs want out of these suites: email, chat, video meetings, shared document storage.
They already have their own programs to do all that. They have had them since outlook was just a client and before Microsoft and Google offered email services.
The government should be using FOSS software simply to be a good stewart of our tax money.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The other alternative is Microsoft with Office365. If taxpayers are going to have to pay for one or the other, the cheaper one sounds like the better alternative.
Geodad@lemm.ee 1 week ago
There is also Libre Office. If they were serious about cutting government waste, they wouldn’t use Microsoft or Google.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I think you’re just thinking about word processing and spreadsheets neither of which covers the big things orgs want out of these suites: email, chat, video meetings, shared document storage.
Geodad@lemm.ee 1 week ago
They already have their own programs to do all that. They have had them since outlook was just a client and before Microsoft and Google offered email services.
The government should be using FOSS software simply to be a good stewart of our tax money.