In peaceful times, people cling to broken systems simply because “that’s how it’s always been done”. Comfort is a prison.

This crisis is a great opportunity to screw Microsoft.

Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder.

Canadians should be agressively lobbying their politicians to embrace Linux and the open source ecosystem. Call your representatives. Write to your city council. Contact your town IT department. Do it now.

  • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Well every single time an article is posted about Germany, it turns out it’s a single state and that they reverted a few years later.

    You’re thinking of the story about Munich from over a decade ago. And that story is more complicated than the media does it justice for.

    But to summarize Munich: they did a pilot switching to Linux. It went very well and started a full rollout. Microsoft jumped in with money under the table and promised to setup a new Microsoft HQ in Munich for switching back to Windows. New government came in and said “uh, no. We’re not ditching Linux and our very successful pilot.” So now it’s mostly a hybrid setup.