You only need IT support, which you would be paying for one way or another with MS.

the government has given the go-ahead for the first step towards complete digital sovereignty in the state, with further steps to follow.

The term digital sovereignty is very important here. If a public administration uses proprietary, closed software that can’t be studied or modified, it is very difficult to know what happens to users’ data:

We have no influence on the operating processes of such [proprietary] solutions and the handling of data, including a possible outflow of data to third countries. As a state, we have a great responsibility towards our citizens and companies to ensure that their data is kept safe with us and we must ensure that we are always in control of the IT solutions we use and that we can act independently as a state.

Digital sovereignty seems to be the primary impetus, so this might go far. Saving money is secondary.

Lemmy is a fickle place.

You might want to explain the features of OneNote, particularly the exact ones that you want. I get the impression that most people don’t know its organization structure.

My short input: it’s not just note taking. It’s has a tiered level of organization for the notes to categorize and quickly move about. The example I read was like it’s set up like you have multiple binders, with dividers in each, and pages (notes) within those. The page is very open ended, you can add text boxes in any spot, mixed with pics in any spot.

It’s the interface that’s a rip.

When I looked into it I found that onlyoffice is more of a MS office rip. Run by Russians and headquartered in Latvia.

I’ve heard the ThinkPad keyboard is excellent (I welcome input).

This way you outsource the fault.

People joined because they don’t like Reddit. It can still exist and this can exist too.

Ads are coming. (Well, more ads.)

I think this is the biggest factor. Most people only lurk. How many people signed up and only lurk?

I see the term gnu around but what is it?

For them it’s pretty successful. Which they do cancel sometimes, but they shouldn’t.