German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
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Re: German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
#2We'll have to see how long it takes, as it did with LiMux (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux) when Microsoft Germany headquarters magically moved to Munich and everything got back to running on Windows again.
Re: German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
#3Munich did it a few times already since 2003. Last one was in 2020 :
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-i...
Re: German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
#4Duplicate thread,
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39928173 ("German state moving 30k PCs to LibreOffice", 322 comments)
Re: German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
#5> ...cites cost, security, and digital sovereignty...
With the recent XZ Utils backdoor fiasco, I would really think twice with this decision.
Might be worth sticking to MS for a little bit longer, who knows if the backdoor code has been reused somewhere else? Besides, wasnt it a MS employee who uncovered this backdoor?
Re: German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
#61. Every software needs resources to be maintained and improved. Those resources finally will need to be paid for by someone.
2. Getting Linux and LibreOffice does not get you a functioning productivity environment. You still need mail, calendars, shared document storage, web conferencing, security etc. There are various levels of usability in those and on basic levels you could get those already 30 years ago mostly. But not on a level, where you could reliably have your workforce be flexibly working from home.
So, let's see how it plays out, but it is not making life easier for the IT admins I guess...
Re: German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
#7> ...cites cost, security, and digital sovereignty... With the recent XZ Utils backdoor fiasco, I would really think twice with this decision. Might be worth sticking to MS for a little bit longer, who knows if the backdoor code has been reused somewhere else? Besides, wasnt it a MS employee who uncovered this backdoor?
What makes you believe Microsoft Source Code is somehow more immune to bad actors?
Re: German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
#8While I work for msft, I'm all for open source, even more in this space - consumer and office apps - however, my government has tried this and rolled it back a while later in some branches, while others just suffer with it.
Office is much superior to any open source and even paid alternatives, and we must remember that most people using the software don't have a degree in CS.
I wouldn't be surprised if we see the reverse news a few years later.
Re: German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
#9> ...cites cost, security, and digital sovereignty... With the recent XZ Utils backdoor fiasco, I would really think twice with this decision. Might be worth sticking to MS for a little bit longer, who knows if the backdoor code has been reused somewhere else? Besides, wasnt it a MS employee who uncovered this backdoor?
It's wasn't just "an MS employee". It was an experienced postgres developer. Someone who understands the benefits of open-source.
We simply don't know how many backdoors there are in closed-source software... do you prefer to live with your head in the sand?
Re: German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
#10> ...cites cost, security, and digital sovereignty... With the recent XZ Utils backdoor fiasco, I would really think twice with this decision. Might be worth sticking to MS for a little bit longer, who knows if the backdoor code has been reused somewhere else? Besides, wasnt it a MS employee who uncovered this backdoor?