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I believe your wording is a bit poor. The government doesn’t “give” that money to Microsoft, but instead buys and rents various products and services. While I agree that the public sector in general, especially here in Europe, should try to set an example by trying to make use of open source software if possible and feasible, I know from experience at my own company that Microsoft is so firmly entrenched that there’s no short term solutions here.
There is of course no short term solution, but with an annual budget of $200Mio. there can be an open source solution after a few years.
Btw. that is only Microsoft we are talking about, of SAP and others are reevaluated as well, the budget is much higher.
And yes, a lot of companies go all in on Microsoft. One of our customers only wants their products for all their infrastructure, but if Microsoft is made pricier e.g. through taxes then those companies also have to act.
I believe your wording is a bit poor. The government doesn’t “give” that money to Microsoft, but instead buys and rents various products and services. While I agree that the public sector in general, especially here in Europe, should try to set an example by trying to make use of open source software if possible and feasible, I know from experience at my own company that Microsoft is so firmly entrenched that there’s no short term solutions here.
There is of course no short term solution, but with an annual budget of $200Mio. there can be an open source solution after a few years.
Btw. that is only Microsoft we are talking about, of SAP and others are reevaluated as well, the budget is much higher.
And yes, a lot of companies go all in on Microsoft. One of our customers only wants their products for all their infrastructure, but if Microsoft is made pricier e.g. through taxes then those companies also have to act.
It would definitely be a long time win.