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Now that they saved 10M Euros by using open source, can they donate 5 of them to vital open source projects please? cough OpenSSL cough

• josefresco 12y ago
  Only problem is the 10M they "saved" was based on the assumption that if they had chosen Windows, they would have had to keep upgrading/paying for new versions. This assertion is dubious at best. I would imagine most computers/departments would not have been required to buy each and every new Windows/Office release. A great counter argument to mine (not that any of you need help) would be to point out a specific Linux feature needed in the last decade that was "free" whereas a comparable Windows/Office feature would have forced an upgrade.
  • makomk 12y ago
    They would have to upgrade to new versions every so often, because older versions of Windows and Office stop being supported and stop getting security updates after a while.
    • byte1918 12y ago
      > after a while. Yeah like... 12 years or so.