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Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein relies on Open Source and saves millions (www.heise.de)
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[–] 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

saves 15 million euros in license costs

This attitude is plainly wrong. If you use Linux because it is free as "free of charge" then you are missing a point. You should use it because it is open.

I would even say that they should contribute the same amount of money to organisations that actually develop a software that they are going to use. Because they will certainly need support and security patches and this will never be free

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    As the article notes they are planning to invest 9 million euros in the transition, so they clearly don't expect it to be "free of cost." The difference is paying 15 million euros to license some proprietary American product, versus investing 9 million euros in the free software world.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    According to this Interview from 2021 costs are ultimately expected to be roughly the same. Also it can be argued that having Support and security patches for the Software is more or less required by law if you intend to use it in (German) public Service.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago*

    The quote from the article would be this

    Wie sieht es bei den Kosten aus? Wird Open Source für den Steuerzahler billiger als proprietäre Software – oder teurer?

    Ich gehe davon aus, dass die Kosten sich ungefähr die Waage halten. Aber mit Open Source bekommen wir fürs gleiche Geld mehr Flexibilität, mehr Souveränität, mehr Sicherheit. Deswegen lohnt sich das für uns

    And I would agree with their reasoning that they get more for their money than with Windows.

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