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Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source (itsfoss.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 25 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Another government stops renting key software and instead invests in actuall ownership!

Honestly, if Microsoft said they wanted to own the Autobahn I could only imagine people would tell them to fuck off (in english and deutche). Why would digital infrastructure be any different?

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

    Be nice if Chicago had the same attitude towards our highways ):

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

    Honestly. I think private companies can have a place in public infra, but it's not in the freaking ownership. Rent seeking is the worst and most destructive aspect of private ownership and we've known and can look at countless example of that since Adam Smith!

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