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The state of Schleswig-Holstein is consistently relying on open source

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chaoskanzlerin ◴[07 Dec 25 14:10 UTC] No.46181787[source]▶
There's a history of German public administrations using Linux and other open-source software. In particular, the City of Munich has pioneered this with their 2006-2019 LiMux [0] project, which was ultimately cancelled in exchange for Microsoft moving their German offices to Munich proper.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux / Discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15661372

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1. torusle ◴[07 Dec 25 14:23 UTC] No.46181856[source]▶
Back then Microsoft was lobbying as hard as they could to turn that decision to move to linux over.

They knew: If Linux makes it in Munich, it will likely spread over and they loose tons of contracts with other German states.