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LibreOffice Apr 4, 2024

Question! Why should local governments use taxpayers’ money to buy proprietary, closed software from a single vendor? And what happens to citizens' data? A solution is to move to free and open source software like #Linux and #LibreOffice – which is exactly what Schleswig-Holstein is doing: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #privacy

German state moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog

Following a successful pilot project, the northern German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to move from Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office to Linux and LibreOffice (and other free and open source software) on the 30,000 PCs used in the local government. As reported on the homepage of the Minister-President: Independent, sustainable, secure: Schleswig-Holstein will […]

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Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶Apr 4, 2024

@libreoffice Hadn't this been tried twice in Munich?
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LibreOffice Apr 4, 2024

@catavz A long, long time ago – a lot has changed since then. And many would argue that it didn't succeed for political reasons, rather than technical: https://itsfoss.com/munich-linux-failure/

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Moth Apr 4, 2024

@libreoffice @catavz This is the sole reason people don't use more open-source software, people are hesitant to adopt new technologies (which makes sense if you've built your skill-set on those technologies but I ultimately believe that's flawed thinking) and the lack of wide-spread adoption essentially isolates those who do make that change.

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Cy Apr 4, 2024

They sure weren't hesitant to adopt new technologies, when Microsoft was put on all their computers!

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Moth

@cy @libreoffice @catavz Well, plenty of people who "didn't pick up on tech" so I guess there were some. Most others were introduced to computers already on windows and the Microsoft ecosystem that it involved. But you are right, the barrier to picking up new technology is more mental than it is practical. The other side to that is that Microsoft has the money and cohesiveness to push their products where as FOSS is too fragmented (which I don't consider bad) to do so.