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> They also tried that in many countries, they all go back to using Windows. uhh... no, here in France a lot of public infrastructure runs on linux.
by jcelerier 7y ago
> They also tried that in many countries, they all go back to using Windows.
uhh... no, here in France a lot of public infrastructure runs on linux.
- klingonopera 7y agoThe list of LibreOffice users hasn't grown, but hasn't shrunk either[0]. Kudos to the French for so far being the biggest Western-state to implement FOSS. Apart from the obvious benefit of lower cost, security and personal individualization are further benefits. No matter what the politicians or business will tell you: Any government running Windows on their systems is basically broadcasting their data straight into US secret services. There's nothing stopping them from doing that. Who would prosecute them? Would US law enforcement have motivation to do that? And when it comes to individualization: Any open standard that allows any other third party to develop products with will (if left to its own means) always win out against proprietary solutions, since you can pitch all the third parties against each other to compete for the lowest bid. But since it's not about getting cost-effective IT, the governments don't appear too concerned of the US knowing all their secrets and Microsoft is definitely more capable of pampering politicians than 3rd party Linux developers could, absurd requirements dot every government contract to bar said Linux developers and leave Microsoft as the only "viable" choice. [0]: https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/who-uses-libreoffice/ https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/who-uses-libreoffice/
- codedokode 7y agoAlso, the maintainer of Linux distribution can be a local company so that public funds don't go to USA.