cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28006908

Schleswig-Holstein, one of Germanyโ€™s 16 states, on Wednesday confirmed plans to move tens of thousands of systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux. The announcement follows previously established plans to migrate the state government off Microsoft Office in favor of open source LibreOffice.

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[โ€“] 57 points 2 years ago (12 children)

The article is conveniently leaving out the part of the story where Munich decided to revert its Linux migration only after heavy lobbying by Microsoft.

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  • [โ€“] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    To be fair, that was quite some time ago. Disgraceful but a different context to the movement we now have going on.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Also typical for German politics. Political corruption is practically legal in Germany. If you have enough money, you can buy pretty much any decision.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Linus never was able fulfill Munichs use cases.

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