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Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

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Re: Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

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Post by throwawaysleep »

mrweasel wrote: post #22

> Copenhagen and Aarhus, which previously announced plans to abandon Microsoft software, citing financial concerns, market dominance and political tensions with Washington. That's not going to happen, their infrastructure is completely tied to Microsoft Active Directory, it's going to be incredibly expensive to just plan a migration out of that. Trump will be out of office before anything serious can even get startet…

Trump represents the average American. That part is not changing and that problem is not going away. Joe Average said "Yes! [current mess] is what I want."

Re: Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

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Post by saulapremium »

mrweasel wrote: post #22

> Copenhagen and Aarhus, which previously announced plans to abandon Microsoft software, citing financial concerns, market dominance and political tensions with Washington. That's not going to happen, their infrastructure is completely tied to Microsoft Active Directory, it's going to be incredibly expensive to just plan a migration out of that. Trump will be out of office before anything serious can even get startet…

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Re: Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

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Post by maypeacepreva1l »

data_maan wrote: post #19
999900000999 wrote: post #13

The entire American software industry will feel the ramifications here. Gotta stay polite for HN. No data stored on an American server is secure. I really really do like Open Suse though, and I think an open source future is possible. Open Suse, Libre Office, etc.

I love these posts that are so on the edge that I can't tell if it's sarcastic or for real :)

Which part is sarcastic here? As far as Europe as market goes, Software industries have already started to feel the pinch. Right now data protection and privacy rights of common people in the US is at lowest point, as we have seen in the news, anything goes for this administration. One must be living in an alternate reality to not see these things happening.

Re: Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

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Post by rockskon »

999900000999 wrote: post #13

The entire American software industry will feel the ramifications here. Gotta stay polite for HN. No data stored on an American server is secure. I really really do like Open Suse though, and I think an open source future is possible. Open Suse, Libre Office, etc.

To be fair, the same could be said about most other servers too.

Re: Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

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Post by littlecosmic »

mrweasel wrote: post #22

> Copenhagen and Aarhus, which previously announced plans to abandon Microsoft software, citing financial concerns, market dominance and political tensions with Washington. That's not going to happen, their infrastructure is completely tied to Microsoft Active Directory, it's going to be incredibly expensive to just plan a migration out of that. Trump will be out of office before anything serious can even get startet…

Far crazier things have happened on this planet than switching to Linux and retraining some IT folk.

Re: Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

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Post by xienze »

cromka wrote: post #23
fbn79 wrote: post #20

Who remember the failed experiment of abandoning Micro$oft by Munich https://www-sueddeutsche-de.translate.goog/muenchen/muenchne...

It failed because of MS pushback and lobbying. As was reported countless times.

So, it can happen again is what you’re saying.

Re: Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

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Post by edgyquant »

titanomachy wrote: post #30
data_maan wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love these posts that are so on the edge that I can't tell if it's sarcastic or for real :)

The perception in the rest of the world is that America has gone completely off the rails and could do almost literally anything at any time. I don't think this comment is that strange.

Which country do you live in?

Re: Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

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Post by edgyquant »

maypeacepreva1l wrote: post #33
data_maan wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love these posts that are so on the edge that I can't tell if it's sarcastic or for real :)

Which part is sarcastic here? As far as Europe as market goes, Software industries have already started to feel the pinch. Right now data protection and privacy rights of common people in the US is at lowest point, as we have seen in the news, anything goes for this administration. One must be living in an alternate reality to not see these things happening.

This admin is doing nothing we haven’t seen previous admins do. Blaming the administration for how poorly American privacy is takes the blame away from all other politicians who’ve helped to create the “standards” as we have then today.

Re: Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

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Post by cyberpunk »

999900000999 wrote: post #13

The entire American software industry will feel the ramifications here. Gotta stay polite for HN. No data stored on an American server is secure. I really really do like Open Suse though, and I think an open source future is possible. Open Suse, Libre Office, etc.

No data stored on european servers either, see microsoft’s comments in french court to this effect.

The only solution is no american companies in the loop at all.

Re: Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)

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Post by isodev »

ulrikrasmussen wrote: post #18

And meanwhile the exact same agency spits out government Android apps that use Play Integrity so citizens cannot ditch Google for GrapheneOS. This is symbolism, the minister does not actually care about digital sovereignty for the citizens.

I think it has more to do with ignorance. Device attestation is not trivial to adopt while both Apple and Google promise you a very simple abstraction. So it takes being informed and having leverage in the process to be able to make a difference.

For me the blame is squarely on the technical “experts” who are behind the architecture and implementation of such apps.

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