German state planning to switch 25,000 PCs to LibreOffice

Re:German state planning to switch 25,000 PCs to LibreOffice by 1234letshaveatw on Thursday November 18, 2021 @09:18AM (#29265619)

The EU seems to have no problem legislating against and penalizing US Big Tech in return. IMO the European attitude towards entrepreneurship and startups does more harm to EU tech than "US Big Tech" ever would or could

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Re:German state planning to switch 25,000 PCs to LibreOffice by biztos on Thursday November 18, 2021 @09:38AM (#29265869)

I was recently talking to a friend in Spain about a startup idea and he said no way could he join a startup (in a senior role) because if it failed his career would never recover.

AFAICT it really is the attitude pushing so much innovation out of the EU and not the legal environment much less the competition. The newer members like Hungary and Romania seem to have a lot less of this problem (but more of other problems like stable business environment and predictable rule of law).

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Re:German state planning to switch 25,000 PCs to LibreOffice by bildung on Thursday November 18, 2021 @09:43AM (#29265934)

What kind of harm, i.e. which stats to look at to compare the different approaches?

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