Saving money is not normally the top one or two reasons people useOPENtech. These days you hear more about digital sovereignty, as being a main reason people want to useOPENtech, to be good stewards of their taxpayers resources and data.
"Following a successful pilot project, the northern German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to move from Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office to Linux and LibreOffice (and other free and open source software) on the 30,000 PCs used in the local government. As reported on the homepage of the Minister-President: "
..."We have no influence on the operating processes of such
[proprietary] solutions and the handling of data, including a possible
outflow of data to third countries. As a state, we have a great
responsibility towards our citizens and companies to ensure that their
data is kept safe with us and we must ensure that we are always in
control of the IT solutions we use and that we can act independently as a
state."
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Read the full article at: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/