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7 European Governments That Are Ditching Microsoft for Open-Source Alternatives

www.toolzo.online 7 European Governments That Are Ditching Microsoft for Open-Source Alternatives

In a bold shift towards digital sovereignty, several European governments are reducing or entirely eliminating their dependence on Micros...

7 European Governments That Are Ditching Microsoft for Open-Source Alternatives
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  • Most of these listicle items are a decade old, at least the Munich one has failed. I'd also be surprised if the GDR picturesd in that map ditched Microsoft... I see so many accounts peddle their stupid AI aggregators here, it's getting annoying.

    • I'm not sure Munich can be regarded as a failure. MS corrupted the test case in every way they could. They couldn't afford it to be seen as successful.

      https://itsfoss.com/munich-linux-failure/

      Now it's not just cost but American can be seen as a reliable partner. Let anyone an American corporation.

      • I totally agree and I'm not saying FOSS is useless, quite the contrary. My only point was that articles like the above make it easy to frame the FOSS-hype as a nothingburger by being poorly researched, which is not what the movement needs.

        • Poor researched articles is normal. Real journalism is rare. You said Munich was a failure and that really isn't true if MS had to work so hard to squash it.

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