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[–] sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That comment does not state that imo. I interpret it as „If they would spend that money on the transitions and advancing the open source projects they consider switching to, that would help the process“. But maybe that’s just a misunderstanding.

[–] de_lancre@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That comment does not state that imo.

What do you meant :c

It's right there, literally in the first sentence:

Amount of copium is insane in comments. Like, people straight up using fate, like it’s a fockin religion, instead of using their head.

[–] sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well I was of course talking about the comment you quoted.

5 million a year would go a long way towards making their open source solutions meet their needs.

How is that „using fate instead of using their head“? Germany already has funds in place specifically for open source projects so that’s not so far off the charts (even though the amount would be lower) so what’s your point ?

Edit: And to be more specific the point of somehow being profitable is also not coming through to me on this, since when is open source software profitable except when used by for profit companies ? I can understand the hype, I also know it will be pain for people involved and M$ will do everything to reverse the change possibly leading to even more headaches for said admins etc. as has happened in the past but you can’t finish what you don’t start so I think it’s still good news.