saves 15 million euros in license costs
This attitude is plainly wrong. If you use Linux because it is free as "free of charge" then you are missing a point. You should use it because it is open.
I would even say that they should contribute the same amount of money to organisations that actually develop a software that they are going to use. Because they will certainly need support and security patches and this will never be free
Some people use it because it's free, some because it's open, and some simply because it's not Windows nagging them. With every movement that gets popular you'll have people that don't join for the cause but because something in the movement aligns with them, we should allow those people to use the software without making this a purity thing, at the end of the day desktop Linux needs users, not zealots, first and foremost.
The fact that people can come in and put up with Linux in spite of not being here for the cause should be celebrated.
But that will convince nobody to also switch
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
Wie sieht es bei den Kosten aus? Wird Open Source für den Steuerzahler billiger als proprietäre Software – oder teurer?
Ich gehe davon aus, dass die Kosten sich ungefähr die Waage halten. Aber mit Open Source bekommen wir fürs gleiche Geld mehr Flexibilität, mehr Souveränität, mehr Sicherheit. Deswegen lohnt sich das für uns
And I would agree with their reasoning that they get more for their money than with Windows.
Great done! We can take inspiration! In Slovakia, the government pays cca 17 millions euros per year for MS stuff, so comparable in span.
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