"The trend towards open-source software on government computers is gathering pace in Germany," reports ZDNet: In the latest development, during coalition negotiations in the city-state of Hamburg, politicians have declared they are ready to start moving its civil service software away from Microsof...
Hopefully this is a wake up call to microsoft. closed source is not the way.
Unfortunately, two German cities dropping Microsoft won’t make a dent in their sales.
yes but as more and more people inevitably realize open source is better and follow in their footsteps. These arent the first to drop proprietary software for open source and they certainly not the last. it would be smart of them to realize this and adapt before it’s too late.