The finance ministry’s ancient desktops, which took 90 seconds to load the proprietary suite, opened LibreOffice in 11 seconds. That got people’s attention.
Father Miguel leaned forward. “And Kline will call the Prime Minister directly. He has his number.” libre ofice
The previous government had signed a ten-year enterprise deal with a giant tech corporation. That deal was now expiring, and the renewal quote had tripled. The island had 75,000 public sector workers—teachers, nurses, tax collectors, librarians—all using a proprietary office suite. To upgrade them all to the latest version, plus the mandatory cloud add-ons, would cost more than the annual budget for the national university. The finance ministry’s ancient desktops, which took 90
“I want to migrate the entire government to LibreOffice in six months,” Marta said. “And Kline will call the Prime Minister directly
Kline got wind of it. He flew in on a private jet and demanded a meeting with the Prime Minister. “Open source is a security risk,” he said. “You’ll have no support. No one to call at 3 a.m. when the budget spreadsheet crashes.”