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German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating (arstechnica.com)
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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.

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[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 26 points 4 weeks ago

Didn't they do this once before, like early 2000's?

[-] red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 4 weeks ago

That was the city of Munich. It was sold as a success in creating freedom and saving millions, but they still went back to Microsoft.

[-] twinnie@feddit.uk 6 points 4 weeks ago

According to the Wikipedia article they changed their mind and decided to stay on LiMux.

[-] red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

I don't know where you're getting that. The German article says the city government said they'd keep LiMux, but despite that statement all PCs got Windows instead.

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