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German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux and LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog
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I wonder if this is related to https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/. This as it shouldn't be about saving cost. It should be about being sovereign.
I'm not sure it'll even save them money, at least initially. They're likely paying consultants to work out the best approach, they need to retrain staff, and they'd probably go with a distro like RedHat that has vendor support (plus have paid support for LibreOffice too)
Not being held hostage by one US company should be a priority by much more countries