Local government elect/appoints IT geeks in various important positions to advise them on, and even make these decisions. If your hired IT expert says "we need

Local government elect/appoints IT geeks in various important positions to advise them on, and even make these decisions. If your hired IT expert says "we need to switch to Linux" I would imagine they'd listen. I'm not proposing that these IT geeks are shoving their tech-religious beliefs down the throats of the public but rather they are exposing their biases to at least their immediate bosses, who ultimately make the decisions and trust their hired experts.