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[โ€“] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The best part is that they are also funding LibreOffice development. If everyone funds FOSS with money that would be used for MS subscriptions, we can further accelerate FOSS development

From the article:

Austria isn't just replacing Microsoft software. Unlike typical public-sector and corporate migrations, Austria's military has heavily invested in LibreOffice development itself. The armed forces have been funding the creation of new features and improvements that are now included in public releases. These additions, ranging from improved slideshow editing to better handling of pivot tables, have been rolled into the latest version of LibreOffice.

[โ€“] stormeuh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Or even better: set up in-house software teams which partly contribute to FOSS, and partly work on in-house software. This can justify a larger developer pool, because when there is less in-house work for some reason, you reallocate some devs to open source work.

Of course contributing both money and developer time would be best.