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You seem to be assuming that pay would not change along with everything else. If everyone is supporting FOSS with their own developers, which they can pay more

You seem to be assuming that pay would not change along with everything else. If everyone is supporting FOSS with their own developers, which they can pay more wages to because they aren't shelling out to Microsoft and apple, then Microsoft won't have as much income with which to pay exorbitant salaries. Multiple parts of the system interact, dont assume nothing else changes with this massive shift (I'm not only talking about the German gov doing this, but all companies)

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> If everyone is supporting FOSS with their own developers, which they can pay more wages to because they aren't shelling out to Microsoft and apple, then Microsoft won't have as much income with which to pay exorbitant salaries. That would require a huge coordination effort. There's going to be several companies that want different features and have their own devs on payroll (at different rates). VS Microsoft that can just organize a meeting with the leads for Office and plan out the roadmap. Also, exorbitant is one way of seeing it, but does it hold when you consider the insane added value these devs bring to millions of businesses? > I'm not only talking about the German gov doing this, but all companies The other issue, specifically with government, is that salaries are capped to public servant scales. There's no way they can hire Microsoft or Google talent at these rates.