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Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source (itsfoss.com)
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[–] 76 points 11 months ago (2 children)

5 million a year would go a long way towards making their open source solutions meet their needs.

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    The cynic in me says they are very good at burning through such amounts without any notable progress. However since it is open source, my hopes are up that this will lift the veil where otherwise bureaucracy and corruption will waste the money.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago

    I mean, optionally they could set up a tiny dev shop with that amount and submit the PRs they want to submit. And at worst, they could maintain their own fork.

    It'd be a public service in more ways than one.

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