German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28006908
Schleswig-Holstein, one of Germany’s 16 states, on Wednesday confirmed plans to move tens of thousands of systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux. The announcement follows previously established plans to migrate the state government off Microsoft Office in favor of open source LibreOffice.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/german-state-gov-ditching-windows-for-linux-30k-workers-migrating/Open linkView original on lemmy.today
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Tariff that arseholes
I don't know what you mean to say.
Germany is avoiding the use of an American product that will cost more due to reciprocal tariffs. This is untariffable software due to it being open source.
Now I get it and I do agree.