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German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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Schleswig-Holstein, one of Germany’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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[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

MS Will do anything to get back. Huge discounts, lobbying, corruption. Whatever it takes to dominate the market.

[–] tostiman@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Except actually improving their products.

[–] AustralianSimon@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Microsoft: Am I out of touch? No, it's the users who are wrong.