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Re:German state moving 30k PCs to LibreOffice by CRConrad on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @07:51AM (#39989648)
> It means that they aren't at the whims of a community who decides to abandon projects willy-nilly or replace them with brand new implementations at the drop of a hat.

Yeah, because only the Open Source community ever does that. Corporations never do... /s

(The "Google Graveyard" site is famous, but wasn't there one for Microsoft too? I want my Microsoft Bob to be maintained, dammit!)

ETA:

> The fact that people continue to sign with Azure, Microsoft, Office, etc makes it self-evident.

...that they're idiots. That's what you meant, right?

Re:German state moving 30k PCs to LibreOffice by deaddodo on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @09:46PM (#39997621)
You forgot to quote this part:

> Gotta love how internet commentators feel like picking a statement apart in isolation somehow validates their point.

Re:German state moving 30k PCs to LibreOffice by CRConrad on Thursday April 11, 2024 @03:06AM (#39999169)
I hadn't made any other point before that, had I? That isolated bit was my entire point.