FallenWalnut@lemmy.worldM to PurchaseWithPurpose@lemmy.world · 2 months agoGerman state Bavaria cancels Microsoft contract to go open source - saving €1 billion over 5 yearscybernews.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: PurchaseWithPurpose@lemmy.worldbuyfromeu@feddit.orgbuyeuropean@feddit.uk
arrow-up1123arrow-down1external-linkGerman state Bavaria cancels Microsoft contract to go open source - saving €1 billion over 5 yearscybernews.comFallenWalnut@lemmy.worldM to PurchaseWithPurpose@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: PurchaseWithPurpose@lemmy.worldbuyfromeu@feddit.orgbuyeuropean@feddit.uk
minus-squareiocase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah it’ll only save nearly a billion euro instead of a billion euros. What’s the difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars? About a billion dollars.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoThis is not just Microsoft office, this was cloud storage, servers, security, and a whole bunch of other stuff I don’t know about. Those servers will have to be built and powered and staffed. Servers and staff are not free, they cost money.
Yeah it’ll only save nearly a billion euro instead of a billion euros.
What’s the difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars?
About a billion dollars.
This is not just Microsoft office, this was cloud storage, servers, security, and a whole bunch of other stuff I don’t know about. Those servers will have to be built and powered and staffed. Servers and staff are not free, they cost money.