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they will save 188,000 € on Microsoft license fees per year

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[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

An interesting fact about Europe is they've long disobeyed their own procurement laws to choose Microsoft software, whether its corruption or what I've got no idea, I assume so though.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 0 points 3 days ago

I think it's simple pragmatism. It will cost them, money and lost productivity, retraining all their computer users.

Regardless of the technical aspects, just the bitching and moaning of the workforce alone is enough to push the decision makers to take their chances with enforcers of the procurement laws instead.