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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. psteinweber ◴[08 Dec 25 06:34 UTC] No.46189109[source]▶
Munich seems to have become the preferred destination for US companies opening their German office (most recent: OpenAI, Notion, Anthropic).

So if Microsoft would have paved that way, it would have been totally worth it for the city.