Amadeus Maximilian on Nostr: Apparently the German government paid Microsoft 198 million Euro for software ...
Apparently the German government paid Microsoft 198 million Euro for software licenses in 2023 alone…and all I can think of is the good that such a large sum could do if instead it was donated to the Linux foundation and various other #FOSS projects. 😳
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