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Reg readers have spoken: 93% back move away from Microsoft in UK public sector

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2025-09-02

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Lindsay Clark

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A Register piece outlines the UK government's Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 with Microsoft, projecting around £1.9 billion per year over five years, and reports that 93% of surveyed readers favor some shift away from Microsoft; viewpoints from former public-sector IT leaders weigh potential savings and competition from FOSS and hybrid strategies against hidden total costs, interoperability challenges, and lock-in, with respondents split across options from FOSS-first to mixed environments.

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