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Hurray! This German State Decides to Save โ‚ฌ15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source (itsfoss.com)
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Schleswig-Holstein's migration to LibreOffice reaches 80% completion, with a one-time โ‚ฌ9 million investment on cards for 2026.

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[โ€“] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

You people have no idea what you are talking about. LibreOffice isnโ€™t a service. Itโ€™s a software package.

Also https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/professional-support/

[โ€“] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago

Support is a service, so is deploying and maintaining software.

Also the list is a great case in point. If you want them to speak German, looking at the names, you end up with three trainers and a single migration expert. To be fair there seem to be a lot of German speaking developers, but they tend to hate working in support. Just imagine somebody is sick or on vacation.

Also LibreOffice is a large open source project. For smaller ones it is much worse.

[โ€“] droans@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

The Document Foundation does not provide professional support services for LibreOffice. It does, however, develop and maintain a certification system for professionals of various kinds who deliver and sell services around LibreOffice.

That's a LOT different than the support you can get from Office. Enterprise contracts usually come with guaranteed uptime, 24/7 immediate L3 support, custom hotfixes for specific workflow issues, and much more.

I get that it's expensive, most people don't need that, and there should be better options. Unfortunately, there quite often isn't. The difference between Office and the second best of a huge margin.

On top of that, the integration costs can be massive as all your workflows are built for Office products. At the least, the companies need to find a way to replace all your macros, addins, and queries.

[โ€“] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah, that's the point. Microsoft Office is a service with support and downtime guarantees.