Schleswig-Holstein looks to succeed where Munich failed.

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.

  • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    14 days ago

    It’s not the competitive pricing that is the issue, it the forced upgrade cycle and invasive user policies.

    (Except for system admin costs and Mail/File Hosting) a Linux-based solution is literally Free. I would assume that Mail and File hosting for Governmental Entities should be hosted in-house anyway.