Google give a 71% discount to US federal agencies for Workspace, as it looks to capitalize on the Trump administration's cost-cutting push.

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• OldChicoAle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In related news, Sundar Pichai hospitalized after gargling Trump’s balls for too long.

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• MetalMachine@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Give a huge discount up front then hike it back up later, potentially even higher than the original once their dependent.

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• Geodad@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I hope they don’t fall for it, but I’m sure they will.

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  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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.

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    • Geodad@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There is also Libre Office. If they were serious about cutting government waste, they wouldn’t use Microsoft or Google.

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• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The government will still have to pay to use Excel. Too much shit will break, you can’t just flip an .xlxs into another program.

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  • taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Which sounds like an excellent reason to go through the pain once and replace Excel with something better standardized.

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    • valkyre09@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I work for an MSP. I can assure you, those who believe they need excel to do their job are willing to die on that hill, and take the whole department with them

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  • oakward@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I do not really work with excel beyond the basics. Why can’t free solutions like libre office and open office replace excel?

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    • pineapplepizza@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Because MS made non standard functions to force lockin. You can’t even go from desktop app to web versions of excel without breaking things

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  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The government should just use libre office

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• simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  On one hand, the government should be looking at OSS. On the other hand, screw Microsoft’s shitty office software. If missing out on massive government contracts forces them to improve it, I’m all for it.

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  • SeaJ@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    OSS usually has pretty bad support. Office sucks but it is much better than Workspace and many other alternatives.

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    • spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Microsoft’s support also suuuuuuuuucks. We paid $500 once for assistance on an issue with a specific piece of hardware and the OS, and it took them MONTHS to even respond to us. I’d been demanding a refund for at least a full quarter before they even gave me the first response…

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    • noxypaws@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      the us government, if it’s ever run by non-fascists, could easily afford to hire developers to not only properly support it but actively maintain and improve it.

      especially with how many software engineers are being constantly laid off from big tech monsters.

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• someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The agreement establishes pricing based on the volume of the entire government rather than the lower discounts previously available through separate agreements on an agency-by-agency or transactional basis. … Historically, agencies may have been able to secure discounts through individual negotiations. Rather than relying on fragmented, agency-by-agency negotiations, the agreement ensures uniform pricing and standardized terms across the federal enterprise.

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