Bureau of Meteorology's VMware bill more than doubles

From the fine article: "$12.2 million, representing a 149 percent increase."

One wonders just how much of a price hike - or how much of a digital sovereignty threat from the Trump regime - it would take to have the Australian government public sector shift to alternative solutions, like this one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxmox_Virtual_Environment

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