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Is it me or does Germany switches (back?) to open-source every few years? I remember being excited they were switching to Linux (or was it Munich?) years ago
Statement from Microsoft https://news.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-erfuellt-und-uebe... [in German]
Statement from Microsoft https://news.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-erfuellt-und-uebe... [in German]
I'm not European, and maybe this is why I struggle to understand this, but why do people want regulators to say, "This doesn't comply with our regulations, so you aren't allowed to use it ?" I understand the hope is that companies will comply rather than forego the entire European market, but if they don't, the last consequence is ultimately on the consumer, not the company. It seems like the same type of thing as wh…
If it’s my small business animal shelter, or my grocery store, or even just my little SaaS… leave me alone, please, from requirements like the Quebec translation law, or similar.
Microsoft 365 is different. Odds are that there are dozens of businesses you interact with, who store their data in 365 without your knowledge. Microsoft 365 is a “in the shadows” method you probably don’t know of that is sending your data to the US.
If I could lay down a principle, it would be that the privacy rule should be determined on the privacy level of the company I the consumer interact with. If I interact with a EU business, I do not expect my data to enter the US by any method. If I interact with a US business, that is implied consent.
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Or it will force the European market to innovate instead of directly sending cash to US Megacorps.
If you think Microsoft is a "US Megacorp" you are tuly underestimating their global reach and ownership.
For the businesses who might want to switch to an alternative. A great one is Cryptpad: https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad There are hosted instances also if you're not interested in self hosting. P.S. I'm not affiliated in any way with the project.
I'm not European, and maybe this is why I struggle to understand this, but why do people want regulators to say, "This doesn't comply with our regulations, so you aren't allowed to use it ?" I understand the hope is that companies will comply rather than forego the entire European market, but if they don't, the last consequence is ultimately on the consumer, not the company. It seems like the same type of thing as wh…
Because they (the government) think it is the minimum required for a dignified, safe society. And they are placed in a position of power and must make those judgment calls, because that is their job.
Why would people want that? Because they understand, in general, that government is important and don't want an unhinged libertarian abandonment of mutual assistance in society. And in specific, because many of them value privacy enough to put up with this type of restriction. But of course there will always be people who find this or that law too intrusive, and in the EU that means they are free to organize, protest, be activists, vote, run for office, etc.
I'm not European, and maybe this is why I struggle to understand this, but why do people want regulators to say, "This doesn't comply with our regulations, so you aren't allowed to use it ?" I understand the hope is that companies will comply rather than forego the entire European market, but if they don't, the last consequence is ultimately on the consumer, not the company. It seems like the same type of thing as wh…
For the businesses who might want to switch to an alternative. A great one is Cryptpad: https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad There are hosted instances also if you're not interested in self hosting. P.S. I'm not affiliated in any way with the project.
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Microsoft 365 is extremely widespread in companies in the EU. Not because they love Microsoft but because this is a relatively simple setup. Like Google (US) or Zoho (Indian). I do not know European companies providing a cloud solution easy to deploy (I wild truly be glad to know one).
You could look into NextCloud and their NextCloud Office if you haven't heard of it yet. If you have are there any point that speak against it in your opinion? It's open source so you can even self host. Should be more than enough for most comapnies. Not sure how difficult the set-up process for an enterprise environment is, I only used the docker version before. But should be viable and if a company has Money for Mi…