• castarco@lemmy.ml
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    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.

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      “regret” aka getting bribed by Microsoft. Or alternatively the personel being unwilling to adapt to changes.

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        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”.

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          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rolling their own Linux distribution and then not keeping it up to date, thus causing frustrations with users due to outdated software.

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    And at the same time, Saxon universities coerce students into proprietary solutions, hiding behind university autonomy when members of the parliament criticize this.

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    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…