We're going to keep seeing this due to destabilization and political changes in the US. It drives nationalization elsewhere, even among allies.
It doesn't help that Microsoft seems to be doing everything in its power to alienate Windows users.
France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
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Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
#392Wish the Bangladeshi government did this instead of relying on pirated copies of Windows 7
Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
#393I hope it succeeds and I hope they document the experience and invite interested parties to see how it was setup and how (well) it works in order to encourage as many governments and organisations as possible to do the same.
Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
#394I’ve commented on this before but you’ll know France is serious when there are Linux ports of Solidworks and Catia.
France has a real edge over American companies by being the dominant player in the CAD world, it’s always surprised me that they nerfed that advantage by tying to an American operating system.
Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
#395Wish the Bangladeshi government did this instead of relying on pirated copies of Windows 7
At least they know enough to have stuck with the outright best version of Windows.
Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
#396What? Again?
I lost count, it's how many attempts again? Fill me in.
Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
#397I wish the US Government would do the same
Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
#398man, that's great - but can you imagine some bureaucrat lifer having to adapt to this?
Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
#399Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47716043 (764 points 5 hours ago, 384 comments)
Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
#400We're going to keep seeing this due to destabilization and political changes in the US. It drives nationalization elsewhere, even among allies.
this has been happening on and off for ~10+ yrs. MS cost are too high and you need more expensive computers to have the MS sub-par experience.
the main thing that keeps people locked in is (a) "Im use to windows" and (b) MS gives them some special contract to keep them.