Didn't Microsoft officially state to the EU any information stored on their servers is subject to US government access upon request because they are an American company?
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German state Bavaria goes all-in on Microsoft cloud
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Re: German state Bavaria goes all-in on Microsoft cloud
#12This is how Germany pushing towards digital sovereignty.
Re: German state Bavaria goes all-in on Microsoft cloud
#13Didn't Microsoft officially state to the EU any information stored on their servers is subject to US government access upon request because they are an American company?
In the meanwhile...Portugal just appointed its former top Microsoft Portugal executive, Manuel Dias, as the new “State CTO.”
It’s another reminder of how deeply Redmond has embedded itself into government IT. Ever since Bill Gates cozy meetings with José Sócrates, one of Portugal’s most notoriously corrupt prime ministers, Microsoft has maintained confidential contacts and influence over national tech strategy.
The result? A state increasingly dependent on substandard, closed software. sold through world-class lobbying.
Re: German state Bavaria goes all-in on Microsoft cloud
#14Nostradamus predicts headline in 10 months. State of Bavaria deeply irritated by Microsoft’s shenanigans, drops Microsoft cloud in favor of literally any other solution.
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#15Didn't Microsoft officially state to the EU any information stored on their servers is subject to US government access upon request because they are an American company?
I mean it was more of the us government passings law, but yes that’s true.
Re: German state Bavaria goes all-in on Microsoft cloud
#16Don't think that European politicians are not corrupt. Who is going to pay a politician to use open source or local services from a small company? Who is paying politicians to use Microsoft?
When a decision makes no economic, legal, nor security sense just follow the money.
Re: German state Bavaria goes all-in on Microsoft cloud
#17Don't think that European politicians are not corrupt. Who is going to pay a politician to use open source or local services from a small company? Who is paying politicians to use Microsoft? When a decision makes no economic, legal, nor security sense just follow the money.
I can never find it again but there was a topic on HN a few months ago about exactly this - some government entity switched away from Microsoft, and then got a bunch of bribes and switched back. And there was discussion about how this is very normal and everyone sees this happening in their organisation too.
Re: German state Bavaria goes all-in on Microsoft cloud
#18As a German I want to formally apologize for Bavaria. Not for anything in specific, just in general.
Re: German state Bavaria goes all-in on Microsoft cloud
#19As a German I want to formally apologize for Bavaria. Not for anything in specific, just in general.
That's ok, North Germans think Bavarians are strange. But the Ossies ...