> Those tax dollars don't just pay for the license, but for ongoing development, responsibility for security issues, support contracts, emergency personnel, and so on.

Maybe this was true at one point in time. But now, it just pays for AI/Copilot and your latest support chatbot.

This. Also, with FOSS, you choose who you hire for support. From the article, it seems they’re hiring developers locally, so it’s also creating jobs in the region instead of outsourcing to MSFT. But I hope they donate a bit to the maintainers, too.