Comment on public services of an entire german state switches from Microsoft to open source (Libreoffice, Linux, Nextcloud, Thunderbird)

RaptorBenn@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This has been planned for quite some time, so not really.

  Also, other states insist on using Palantir so there’s that…

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  • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have seen this happen before, for a while, then somehow M$ convinced them to switch back.

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    • osugi_sakae@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, I think this happens somewhere in Germany every few years. MS then makes a concerted effort to woo some politicians back, and a few years later we have news that a city or state is moving back to MS. Yes, it is good that cities / states are trying Linux and challenging MS, but there is soo much more to any of this than technical superiority or licensing fees.

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      • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        188K dollars or euros, is basically the cost to put one warm sales body in the territory, to keep the hooks in acknowledging that they should be paid for their software.

        To me, it’s about digital sovereignty, and the states should stand on their own two feet and know how their own computers work, not just rely on a foreign company.

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• sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In other news: the German military partners with Google to provide the software for their new cloud service…

  heise.de/…/Bundeswehr-relies-on-Google-Cloud-1039…

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Don’t worry. They’ll get a big discount on licenses and swap right back again.

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  • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    At that scale it starts to be about the cost of support, and if M$ will hold their hands for the installation, configuration and maintenance, at some point that costs the state more to provide for Linux than the M$ licenses…

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  • RaptorBenn@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I dunno, free’s still a lot cheaper, once it’s setup, it’ll be so much more flexible, it’ll hardly be worth going back.

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    • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ain’t no such thing as free.

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      • RaptorBenn@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Okay.

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• Vinstaal0@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A small part of Germany, but maybe

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  • RaptorBenn@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hopefully it sets an example and path for others to follow.

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• bonnashejve@europe.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  very interesting observation… I came to conclusion if USA withdraw from NATO - EU and Great Britain will not send military troops to Poland in case russian invasion

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  • zqps@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think you may have the thread confused.

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    • bonnashejve@europe.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Absolutely not. Open source software shift means not just installing Linux on your pc but also rejecting social media which now are instrument of manipulation and lie. It is clearly seen how social media channels (mentioned above) quickly remove posts that contradicts major ‘PARTY LINE’. I see it ALL the time. ‘Know the truth and truth makes you free’. Slavery starts when people live in lie.

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      • zqps@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        So what’s the right distro to prepare for a Russian invasion?

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