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At the same time the newspaper noted that the sum total may turn out to be even higher, as the estimate of 4.8 mln euros offered by the newspaper is based only on data which it had access to.

For example, the Ministry of Education and Research seems to be spending only 100,000 euros, but their jurisdiction also includes Estonian schools, who decide for themselves what software to use, and there is no national database on that.

Microsoft software is also used by municipalities and state institutions, which the newspaper's estimate did not cover.

Calculations made by Eesti Paevaleht show that Microsoft software was bought by the Ministry of Defense and the defense forces for 1.7 mln euros, by the Ministry of Interior for 1.3 mln euros, by the Ministry of Finance for 408,000 euros, by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications for 344,000 euros, by the Ministry of Social Affairs for 311,000 euros, by the Ministry of Justice for 300,000 euros, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 133,000 euros, by the Ministry of the Environment for 112,000 euros, by the Ministry of Education and Research for 100,000 euros, by the Ministry of Rural Affairs for 65,000 euros, by the Chancellery of the Riigikogu for 58,000 euros, by the Ministry of Culture for 16,000 euros, and by the Government Office for 9,000 euros per year.