The north-German state of Schleswig-Holstein plans to switch to open source software, including LibreOffice, in its administration and schools. In doing so, the state wants to reduce its dependence on proprietary software, and eventually end it altogether. By the end of 2026, Microsoft Office is to be replaced by LibreOffice on all 25,000 computers used […]
Jan Philipp Albrecht notes of the Munich failure: “The main problem there was that the employees weren’t taken along enough. We do better. We are planning long transition phases with parallel use, and we’re introducing open source step-by-step when the departments are ready. With this, we also create the reason for further introduction, because people can see that it works.”
It will depend on people wanting to use it, but, imo, governments and government agencies ought to be using, and suggesting that others use, open technologies.
i infuriates me how microsoft is stealing tax money and has held a global monopoly for decades. especially when there are free alternatives. it isn’t even legal for a foreign private company to hold monopoly and extract tax wealth. most other software they use follow these rules, so why not windows/office?
I really don’t understand how it’s acceptable for shops to sell devices pre-loaded with Micro$oft products, without letting the consumer know that there’s the license fee included in the purchase. But, as you say, this practice has gone on for decades.
that too, that just further adds to the issue. hell, industry standards like adobe literally only exist because they didn’t pursue pirates (profit came from business license) and the adobe suite was the only tools people knew at the time due to being available for “free” to home users. a statement which the CEO admitted, but then had to redact.
and contribute to society/the world while doing it.
so many opportunities has been lost because of capitalism. it’s not like private companies ever take risks either, they use the freely available research and development we paid for with our taxes and then sell it back to us as a product.
nope. open source everything. it’s the only way to save the planet.
The main problem there was that the employees weren’t taken along enough.
Somewhere I heard that the project was suffocated by bureaucracy, whether intentionally or not I don’t know. But I can imagine that the lobbying of Microsoft supported bureaucratic behaviour. I wish them all the best, but the history of governmental IT projects is a story of failure.
Jan Philipp Albrecht notes of the Munich failure: “The main problem there was that the employees weren’t taken along enough. We do better. We are planning long transition phases with parallel use, and we’re introducing open source step-by-step when the departments are ready. With this, we also create the reason for further introduction, because people can see that it works.”
https://fossforce.com/2021/11/a-german-state-is-saying-goodbye-windows-hello-linux/
It will depend on people wanting to use it, but, imo, governments and government agencies ought to be using, and suggesting that others use, open technologies.
i infuriates me how microsoft is stealing tax money and has held a global monopoly for decades. especially when there are free alternatives. it isn’t even legal for a foreign private company to hold monopoly and extract tax wealth. most other software they use follow these rules, so why not windows/office?
It infuriates me too.
I really don’t understand how it’s acceptable for shops to sell devices pre-loaded with Micro$oft products, without letting the consumer know that there’s the license fee included in the purchase. But, as you say, this practice has gone on for decades.
that too, that just further adds to the issue. hell, industry standards like adobe literally only exist because they didn’t pursue pirates (profit came from business license) and the adobe suite was the only tools people knew at the time due to being available for “free” to home users. a statement which the CEO admitted, but then had to redact.
Imagine the software that could have been written with the money that microsoft sucked up into their shitty OS
and contribute to society/the world while doing it.
so many opportunities has been lost because of capitalism. it’s not like private companies ever take risks either, they use the freely available research and development we paid for with our taxes and then sell it back to us as a product.
nope. open source everything. it’s the only way to save the planet.
Somewhere I heard that the project was suffocated by bureaucracy, whether intentionally or not I don’t know. But I can imagine that the lobbying of Microsoft supported bureaucratic behaviour. I wish them all the best, but the history of governmental IT projects is a story of failure.