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

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597 points doener | 1 comments | 07 Dec 25 13:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jeffbee ◴[07 Dec 25 15:03 UTC] No.46182169[source]▶
Over half my life I've been reading this headline. "[Subdivision of Germany] switches to Linux". Here's some slashdot slop from 2002.

You'd think Microsoft would be dead and buried by now, or that the readers would have realized how inconsequential these changes are. One or the other.

https://m.slashdot.org/story/25936

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ekianjo ◴[07 Dec 25 15:08 UTC] No.46182204[source]▶
problem is these changes are constantly reverted (back to Microsoft services)
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1. jeffbee ◴[07 Dec 25 15:09 UTC] No.46182219[source]▶
Right, but if you point out that the median time to uninstall Open Office is two minutes people get mad.