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> Whatever your school is/was using Microsoft for is not a $1M/year expense. It might not even be doable for $100M/year. so how come the university i've been (
by jcelerier 6y ago
> Whatever your school is/was using Microsoft for is not a $1M/year expense. It might not even be doable for $100M/year.
so how come the university i've been (Bordeaux, ~55k students / 3k staff) almost exclusively uses Linux and free software and does not have a computing budget in the hundred thousands ?
- smt88 6y agoYou're refuting a point I did not make. I was responding to someone who suggested that schools should build their own critical software. If there's a good FOSS option already, they should absolutely use it. But there isn't always that option. Also, I guarantee that the school has at least 5-10 tech people, which means computing expenses are approaching $1M when you factor in benefits. Free software requires a larger in-house staff to customize and maintain it, even if the initial cost is low.
- jcelerier 6y ago> their own critical software. which critical software are those ?