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this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2025
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According to this Interview from 2021 costs are ultimately expected to be roughly the same. Also it can be argued that having Support and security patches for the Software is more or less required by law if you intend to use it in (German) public Service.
The quote from the article would be this
And I would agree with their reasoning that they get more for their money than with Windows.