There's a history of German public administrations using Linux and other open-source software. In particular, the City of Munich has pioneered this with their 2006-2019 LiMux [0] project, which was ultimately cancelled in exchange for Microsoft moving their German offices to Munich proper.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux / Discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15661372
Back then Microsoft was lobbying as hard as they could to turn that decision to move to linux over.
They knew: If Linux makes it in Munich, it will likely spread over and they loose tons of contracts with other German states.
- Sir, can we bribe you?
- Of course, of course.
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Munich seems to have become the preferred destination for US companies opening their German office (most recent: OpenAI, Notion, Anthropic).
So if Microsoft would have paved that way, it would have been totally worth it for the city.