Following the recent decision by Munich’s City Council to step back to closed source and proprietary software, at a large cost to taxpayers, a group of free and open source software (FOSS) supporters have created a website explaining the importance of FOSS in public administrations.
The German website, called München bleibt frei (Munich stays free), lists numerous benefits of FOSS, including:
- Independence from a single software vendor
- Boost to local industry (because anyone can improve FOSS)
- Sustainability
- Security and data protection
The Document Foundation supports this position. Our previous statement on the situation in Munich can be found here.
Can we have someone translate the Accenture Report? https://www.ris-muenchen.de/RII/RII/DOK/SITZUNGSVORLAGE/4027760.pdf