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RE: https://gruene.social/@Gerbsen/116052492129846084
Money transfer from the German Federal Administration to Microsoft:
2023: 274.091.361,75 Euro
2024: 347.665.579,71 Euro
2025: 481.369.660,77 Euro
(Source: German Parliament 21/4006 page 96 https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/040/2104006.pdf )
Daniel asks what #FreeSoftware #OpenSource could have been procured and developed with such sums and how you feel about when you see those numbers. He also fears this trend will continue.
️ And big thanks to other @archlinux contributors I found on the #Fediverse for their contributions to #Archlinux and the many other contributions they do for #softwarefreedom ️
@alerque
@Antiz
@artafinde
@BlackIkeEagle
@carsme
@dvzrv
@fabiscafe
@felixonmars
@grawity
@gromit
@heftig
@Integral
@jelly
@klausenbusk
@kpcyrd
@orhun
@pitastrudl
@raffomania
@rgacogne
@sangy
@serebit
@shibumi
@Strit
@svenstaro
@wiktor
️️ #ilovefs ️️
On the picture I and @fsfe 's vice president Heiki thank the @archlinux Project Lead @anthraxx (with one of the most awesome sweaters🥰 ) and
#ArchWiki maintainer Ferdinand at #FOSDEM after handing over two bars of "hacker chocolate" to them.
Thanks also to @Foxboron for ensuring we were able to met at #FOSDEM and introducing us there.
️ Thank you to the #Archlinux Wiki maintainers! ️
#Maintainers in general, and maintainers of documentation most of the time get way too little recognition for their contributions to #SoftwareFreedom.
ArchWiki is one of the pearls of the internet! That's why I dedicated my this year's #ilovefs post to the #ArchWiki maintainers!
So great to again dedicated people from the European Commission's #DMA enforcement team, civil society and researchers on the #FOSDEM panel
"#Interoperability regulation in the EU: Opening #iOS and #Android for #FreeSoftware"
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/TQS7LM-interoperability-dma-apple-google/