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https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-poses-threat-to-germanys-digital-sovereignty-warns-study/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-poses-threat-to-germ..
by 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-poses-threat-to-germanys-digital-sovereignty-warns-study/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-poses-threat-to-germ...
this says
"In 2018, the central government had spent €73m ($80m) on Microsoft licenses, around €25m ($27.5m) over the forecast budget – and that was without the cost of providing German state governments with Microsoft software.
As opposition politicians pointed out, the total amounts to hundreds of millions of taxpayers' money."
- pjmlp 5y agoThey would have spent similar amounts when hiring contractors for FOSS solutions, because governments work with big consulting agencies regardless of the software source. Red-Hat is hardly cheaper when playing at this level.
- jollybean 5y agoThey spend more on toilet paper. Also, imagine when their IT bill goes up by $100M because of additional support calls due to Linux oddities. 75M is not a lot for important productivity software that people use all day.