That would be incredibly dumb. There are entire fields where the FOSS is just hilariously behind proprietary software (or sometimes the only option). Do you want to cripple public institutions by cutting them off entirely from proprietary software?

[–] amzd@lemmy.world 25 points 22 hours ago

Right now public institutions are paying for proprietary software. If they would invest the same money into FOSS, the FOSS option would not be behind proprietary software for long.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 13 points 21 hours ago

I think the point is to invest the money into the continued development and improvement of the foss software instead of giving the money to businesses who shield their proprietary codebase. In theory.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 11 points 22 hours ago

Switzerland already did it. Its brilliant. Instead of the gov pouring money into proprietary solutions to meet their needs, they can fund FOSS and benefit from the same software being funded by other governments and companies too.

Proprietary is crippling. Its only chosen due to corruption

[–] arsCynic@beehaw.org 5 points 22 hours ago

"There are entire fields where the FOSS is just hilariously behind proprietary software"

“hilariously”?
Examples?