Public Money should result in public code.
It can’t be, that our public money lands as profits in non European companies.
That should be a given, imho
Public Money should result in public code.
It can’t be, that our public money lands as profits in non European companies.
That should be a given, imho
Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I 100% agree, but some would consider that a matter of ideology.
The other point about dependency on USA when they are acting with hostility is more pragmatic.
99% of people don’t understand all the reason why open source is better for public services, except if we can say it’s cheaper. That’s the one point they understand, and the one point Microsoft has been attacking most with their propaganda against open source.
sibachian@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
with open source we can also create jobs by hiring a developer to add functions we need to the software we use!