Comment on German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email
rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 1 day ago
Kudos to Germany for pulling it off. Was also happy to see them mention
Last year […] the government began rolling out LibreOffice as the default office suite to replace Microsoft Office.
Strider@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s one German state. Nevertheless, better than none. Sadly, for instance, Munich moved away from Linux to Microsoft in 2017 (end of project limux). Did I mention Microsoft has a location there?
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Earlier switches were primarily about cost-savings, so Microsoft would just swoop in with discounts and backroom deal$, or offer discounts to anyone considering copy-catting, isolating the early-adopters.
This case is not about cost but data sovereignty, and it’s also a smaller switch (keeping the Windows OS), so we can have hopes for better success.
Strider@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Monopoly always wins.
PushButton@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Did you know horses were the only way to move around before cars?
Did you know the US airline industry, and AT&T phone system were a monopoly situation?
Do you remember when Dropbox, Docker were the only product that filled their niche spot?
So, no, monopoly does not always win.
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Well, we have like 3 decades at most of this kind of tech, and really only a couple of generations modern capitalism, so it’s a bit tough to say “always” about anything. It would be more accurate, historically, to say that the monarchy always wins - but especially in that case - past performance does not guarantee future gains.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 1 day ago
Hopefully with the political climate governments will be more resilient and care about digital sovereignty
Strider@lemmy.world 1 day ago
As much as I would love that, will never happen.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 18 hours ago
Either way we’ve got to try, there is a slow shift happening in that direction, and the more that shift the easier it becomes