It’s a shame that so much taxpayer money is flowing to US multinationals.
To save money, the solution IS NOT austerity
https://psacunion.ca/psac-statement-upcoming-federal-austerity-budget
To save money, get rid of waste.
Every province, every government department, should get rid of Microsoft and Adobe.
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That is true with every change in software that any company makes. It’s even true in some instances with major version upgrades of the same software.
Occational and ongoing training should be an expected normal cost of doing business.
Changing user terminals from W10/11 to Ubuntu/Debian/WhateverOS should come with zero training, nearly everything is done in a web app now a days. That’s thousands and thousands of MS license fees saved per year.