they will save 188,000 € on Microsoft license fees per year
It would be nice to redirect a part of that money to support the development of used software. Thunderbird for example is constantly at risk of being shut down.
public services of an entire german state switches from Microsoft to open source (Libreoffice, Linux, Nextcloud, Thunderbird)
Submitted 4 months ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to technology@lemmy.world
https://euro-stack.com/blog/2025/3/schleswig-holstein-open-source-digital-sovereignty
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cotlovan@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Ofc its Schleswig-Holstein. The only sane state with sane politicians
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I think this has been tried before.
Don_alForno@feddit.org 3 months ago
Yup. And MS had to bribe the city of Munich with moving their German HQ there to make them switch back.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think the Netherlands did this a couple of years ago?
tibi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That’s 188k euro that can be used to improve the quality of open source software.
kolorafa@lemmy.world 3 months ago
ambitious plan
Good, good, but I guess it is only a plan to negotiate for lower prices.
But if they actually deliver without going back… 😍
lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There in that place where closed systems are frowned upon, Install Linux, Problem Solved.