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Frances switchted to Linux on 2.5 million PCs

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[-] WagnasT@piefed.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

I've always wondered if the money saved from licenses would cover the cost of new full time employees to pick up support, it probably depends on the org size.

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 23 points 2 weeks ago

It’s not like they don’t need staff to support windows.

[-] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago

I read it as "pick up support for the FOSS projects" as opposed to user IT support.
So, contributing to the FOSS.
Even sponsorship would be awesome, in a "we can't do the tech stuff, but here is 10% of what we saved" kinda way

this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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