Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s most northern state, is starting its switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and is planning to move from Windows to Linux on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions.
Concerns over data security are also front and center in the Minister-President’s statement, especially data that may make its way to other countries. Back in 2021, when the transition plans were first being drawn up, the hardware requirements for Windows 11 were also mentioned as a reason to move away from Microsoft.
Saunders noted that “the reasons for switching to Linux and LibreOffice are different today. Back when LiMux started, it was mostly seen as a way to save money. Now the focus is far more on data protection, privacy and security. Consider that the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) recently found that the European Commission’s use of Microsoft 365 breaches data protection law for EU institutions and bodies.”
I think you don’t understand. It’s not about “physically reached the machine under the desk” it’s “was processed correctly by a system”. Operations can only tell if a technical error occurred, they have no idea what the data is supposed to look like. So dataport can do jack shit.
IT de facto already is outsourced, there’s hardly any internal IT left, simply because the pay is shit. I’d get at least 1k less after taxes if I’d do the same work for the agency, not a contractor.
And if you think his joke is funny in this context, it’s not. I work with these agencies everyday. They are structurally broken, but most people there are really passionate about what they’re doing.