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Austria's military just ditched Microsoft for open-source LibreOffice

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96 points CharlesW | 1 comments | 27 Sep 25 23:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Fade_Dance ◴[28 Sep 25 05:57 UTC] No.45402088[source]▶
Saving 6 million per year... Hopefully some of the savings go towards funding The Document Foundation. The Austrian savings alone is more than the foundation's entire yearly funding.

(I would argue this is also a somewhat necessary step to take. Libre Office is a massive undertaking to be lauded, but isn't a 5 star product, especially in calc/excel.)

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1. cwillu ◴[02 Oct 25 23:40 UTC] No.45456899[source]▶
“Adaptations and improvements required by the military are programmed and incorporated into the LibreOffice project. More than five man-years have already been paid for this, which can benefit all LibreOffice users.”