The Councilors of Citizens in the City of Dénia have shown their disagreement with the decision of the government team to invest 90.000 euros in the purchase of licenses from Microsoft and Adobe.
the mayor Sergio Benito He explained that, in their opinion, "There is free and open software adapted to the needs of the administration", One example LibreOffice. For the mayor "Support for free software by Public Administrations is decisive since it has a great effect on the market, advancing its dissemination and adoption as a new standard".
Benito insists that "The City Council has the obligation to pave the way for software accessible to all and at the same time dedicate those 90.000 euros to modernizing its own infrastructure and work systems in an authentic Modernization Plan".
I find it amazing that students in high school have to use free software without any possibility of using any payment more quality and that the government, which is just another public institution and should be the one to support these measures (and if not , to remove this software in all schools) may not be able to use them.
This is just a clear example of ordering an action and not follow the example of all spending money on something unnecessary.