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I'm not sure how governments using open source software is somehow 'idealistic utopian thinking', but it suggests your expectations are pathetic.
It is idealistic utopian thinking because the nations in question have a long history of using free software alternatives as bargaining chips with the contractors they’re actually chasing as opposed to seriously committing to free software use, not because of my expectations.