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Still think those people should have gotten a playdate instead, it’s more fun and certainly not less useful (which is, not at all).
(When I first heard about the r1 I immediately thought it was weird how the 2 devices looked alike, I’ve since learned they shared the same designers).
French public services tend to switch between FOSS and proprietary software, depending on the politics of the time.
In my little corner of it, they’re leaning toward proprietary right now, especially since a big Microsoft ecosystem deal was kind of forced on us and we’re supposed to go all in. Who knows how long it’ll last though.