ThePyroPython@feddit.uktoTechnology@lemmy.world•A German state is ditching Windows and Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functionsEnglish
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7 months agoIMO it should be further than that.
Open source software is, more often than not, used as digital infrastructure.
Governments around the world should absolutely be investing in open source software and actively contributing to it.
Because then the political parties can’t parachute inexperienced candidates into safe seats so that:
The new candidate gets elected in a safe seat and learns the ropes of political life as an MP.
More experienced candidates can be deployed to marginal constituencies to contest the seat.