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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: 0.218s | source
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boh ◴[07 Dec 25 14:34 UTC] No.46181938[source]▶
It's crazy that organizations are willing to spend millions of dollars on Microsoft Office simply because people are used to it. There are literally no features most people actually use that aren't completely duplicated in open source alternatives. Whatever amount of time it takes the user to find the button they're looking for costs less than the permanent subscription cost for something that will only get more bloated and expensive with time.
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1. tracker1 ◴[07 Dec 25 23:00 UTC] No.46186237[source]▶
Shared contacts, calendars and coordination of meeting locations and virtual meetings.

I've yet to see FLOSS that matches that aspect of Outlook and o365/Exchange. I'm fact, IMO, it should have been one of the monetization efforts with Mozilla, which is a server companion for Thunderbird and a now comprehensive integration of calendar and contacts.