You love to see it. May many others do the same.
Very cool indeed. Maybe others will follow.
I predict that 2025 will be the year of 5% Linux representation
This is great news, but it is always worth remembering the ebb and flow of these things. It happens because an individual cared. Eventually, that individual won’t be in the decision-making process, and the office will likely come back. At least it usually goes thst way.
This part of Germany has supported open source software for a long time now. So this didn’t come unexpected or without a decade long preparation.
The most important part is not the product here. Unfortunately, the people who work with the software decide. It’s also a huge effort to educate all the people to use LibreOffice.
The nice thing is that MS Office moves entirely to the cloud and SaaS. Schleswig Holstein are the only one who will be prepared for the worst soon.
Exactly what happened in Bavaria when they did the same thing a few years back.
except that microsoft headquarter moved near munich after they moved back to windows.
Didn’t they do this like 20 years ago, and return to Microsoft?
Going to be an interesting case study. I wish them the best, but I’m not holding my breath.
