This article arrived in my mailbox this morning. It's a lovely read! Thank you to the author, and to Christine Prayon.
Je mer, 2019-05-15 je 06:50 +0000, pr...@fsfe.org skribis: > = Free Software in Munich - FSFE thanks cabaret artist Christine Prayon = > > [ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190515-02.en.html ] > > Yesterday, political satirist Christine Prayon was awarded the 10,000 > Euro Dieter Hildebrandt Prize of the City of Munich for demanding > political or decidedly socio-critical political satire. Prayon is > donating the prize money to the Free Software Foundation Europe. > > The jury states [1], among other things, that the award recipient Prayon > "[...] does not simply accuse - she unmasks, and we are her witnesses". > Prayon herself used her thank-you speech to put the finger on one of > Munich's sore spots: Prayon describes the former genius, progressive > process of making Munich independent of the providers of proprietary > software and letting the complete administration run on a free system. > Prayon then criticised the switch back to proprietary systems. > > The migration of workstations back to proprietary software will cost > Munich almost 50 million Euros over the next six years. A further 37 > million Euros will have to be invested in implementation projects. The > Free Software Foundation Europe already criticised the migration-project > in the past. The migration will not solve existing organisational IT > problems in the day-to-day administrative business. At the same time new > dependencies on manufacturers of proprietary software will arise and > license fees will be paid to the proprietary manufacturers instead of > using these funds in tax payers' best interest for the further > development of the software and the cooperation with other > administrations. The systems become less transparent and no longer > comprehensible for citizens. Further information on the migration plans > of the City of Munich can be found here [2]. > > Munich is thus turning against the trend: in other administrations, Free > Software is being used with overwhelming success. Since the French > government decided to start using more Free Software back in 2012, > between 0.6% and 5.4% more companies using Free Software have been > created in France every year; between 6.6% and 14% more people find > employment in the IT sector every year. In Barcelona, 70% of the budget > for the development of new software is used to create Free Software. > Contracts have so far been awarded to 3,000 companies, 60% of them SMEs, > mostly from the region. In collaborative projects, more and more cities > are working on common software solutions and jointly develop them, > saving costs and sharing risks. > > The Free Software Foundation Europe has launched the campaign "Public > Money? Public Code!" to convince other administrations to switch to Free > Software and support them in their migration. As part of the campaign, > we published the specialist publication "Public Money Public Code - > Modernising Public Infrastructure with Free Software". The brochure aims > to answer questions from decision-makers about the benefits of using and > developing Free Software for the public administration. > > More information about the campaign and its supporters can be found on > our campaign website at publiccode.eu [3], and the brochure can be found > here [4]. > > The Free Software Foundation Europe would like to take this opportunity > to thank Christine Prayon for her commitment to Free Software and her > generous donation. > > 1: > https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Kulturreferat/Kulturfoerderung/Preise/Dieter-Hildebrandt-Preis/2019.html > 2: https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190515-01.html > 3: https://publiccode.eu/ > 4: https://fsfe.org/campaigns/publiccode/brochure > > == About the Free Software Foundation Europe == > > Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to > control technology. Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our > lives; and it is important that this technology empowers rather than > restricts us. Free Software gives everybody the rights to use, > understand, adapt and share software. These rights help support other > fundamental freedoms like freedom of speech, press and privacy. > > The FSFE helps individuals and organisations to understand how Free > Software contributes to freedom, transparency, and self-determination. > It enhances users' rights by abolishing barriers to Free Software > adoption, encourage people to use and develop Free Software, and > provide resources to enable everyone to further promote Free Software > in Europe. > > http://fsfe.org > _______________________________________________ > Press-release mailing list > press-rele...@lists.fsfe.org > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/press-release > > This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants > are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: > https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
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