minus-squareThePyroPython@feddit.uktoTechnology@lemmy.world•A German state is ditching Windows and Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functionslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·5 months agoIMO it should be further than that. Open source software is, more often than not, used as digital infrastructure. Governments around the world should absolutely be investing in open source software and actively contributing to it. linkfedilink
minus-squareThePyroPython@feddit.uktoTechnology@lemmy.world•Hydrogen locomotivelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·11 months agocough overhead lines cough linkfedilink
IMO it should be further than that.
Open source software is, more often than not, used as digital infrastructure.
Governments around the world should absolutely be investing in open source software and actively contributing to it.