- castarco ( @castarco@lemmy.ml ) 6•1 year ago
I’ve seen Germany states jump into open source software strategies to later “regret” them and revert back to their previous state, many times… I hope this time they do it in a more thoughtful way, to avoid giving excuses to closed-source software lobbyists.
- nachtigall ( @nachtigall@feddit.de ) 4•1 year ago
“regret” aka getting bribed by Microsoft. Or alternatively the personel being unwilling to adapt to changes.
- castarco ( @castarco@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
Although plausible, and part of it, it’s not just that. The second part is much more important (people unwilling to adapt), but one should think about why.
- How sudden & drastic was the change?
- How well trained were people?
- How much support did they get when something went wrong?
That’s the kind of stuff where companies & public administrations usually suck, “change management”.
- poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) 2•1 year ago
In Munich at least the “not invented here” syndrome also played a significant role, with them rolling their own Linux distribution and then not keeping it up to date, thus causing frustrations with users due to outdated software.
- dreiwert ( @dreiwert@szmer.info ) 3•1 year ago
And at the same time, Saxon universities coerce students into proprietary solutions, hiding behind university autonomy when members of the parliament criticize this.
- dreiwert ( @dreiwert@szmer.info ) 2•1 year ago
On a more positive note: Saxony was the only federal state in Germany which, during times of more strict pandemic-related rules, allowed tracking exposure using the government-funded open source software instead of some app used by the other federal states based on stolen code whose only unique selling point was being advertised by a famous rapper…
- Sandro Linux ( @sandro_linux@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year ago
Nice to hear another German state is trying open source software.