Sunshine (she/her)M to Buy [email protected] • 10 hours agoOvercoming barriers to Open Source procurement in the European Unionopensource.orgmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10
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minus-square@Lauchslink13•10 hours agoI can think of few better shots at America than getting linux to be a viable and free alternative to Windows for mainstream businesses and users.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•8 hours agoAnd, several countries have laws that favor purchasing the cheapest solutions in the public sector. So a part of the legal argument already exists.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•7 hours agoThe trick is that Microsoft lobbied enough to make sure that no other viable solution exists, so they are technically the cheapest. Not even kidding. Ms Office has no legal alternative in many countries.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•10 hours agoSure, but this option is not mutually exclusive.
I can think of few better shots at America than getting linux to be a viable and free alternative to Windows for mainstream businesses and users.
And, several countries have laws that favor purchasing the cheapest solutions in the public sector. So a part of the legal argument already exists.
The trick is that Microsoft lobbied enough to make sure that no other viable solution exists, so they are technically the cheapest. Not even kidding. Ms Office has no legal alternative in many countries.
Sure, but this option is not mutually exclusive.