Much more important: Schools are moving to Office 365 in a rush in face of Covid-19. There are data protection concerns but a crisis can shift priorities so it seems.
Right now we need an opensource teleconferencing system much more than an opensource OS. Edit: I think people recommending jitsi below misunderstood my comment
German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
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#24Much more important: Schools are moving to Office 365 in a rush in face of Covid-19. There are data protection concerns but a crisis can shift priorities so it seems.
Right now we need an opensource teleconferencing system much more than an opensource OS. Edit: I think people recommending jitsi below misunderstood my comment
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
#25Does Desktop OS matter anymore? So much is running in "browsers" now, even the SpaceX astronaut controls were Electron. The cloud provider is where it's at. AWS, Azure, GCloud ... and nothing from Europe.
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
#26Much more important: Schools are moving to Office 365 in a rush in face of Covid-19. There are data protection concerns but a crisis can shift priorities so it seems.
Right now we need an opensource teleconferencing system much more than an opensource OS. Edit: I think people recommending jitsi below misunderstood my comment
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
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Many countries are currently ditching Windows in favor of home grown distros due to distrust of Microsoft. Notable examples: Currently transitioning: - Astra Linux (Russia) https://www.zdnet.com/article/russian-military-moves-closer-... - Kylin Linux? (China) https://www.techradar.com/news/china-to-ditch-all-windows-pc... - South Korea https://www.zdnet.com/article/south-koreas-government-explor... Already transition…
Is there really a need for them to create their own distributions?
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
#28Much more important: Schools are moving to Office 365 in a rush in face of Covid-19. There are data protection concerns but a crisis can shift priorities so it seems.
Right now we need an opensource teleconferencing system much more than an opensource OS. Edit: I think people recommending jitsi below misunderstood my comment
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Many countries are currently ditching Windows in favor of home grown distros due to distrust of Microsoft. Notable examples: Currently transitioning: - Astra Linux (Russia) https://www.zdnet.com/article/russian-military-moves-closer-... - Kylin Linux? (China) https://www.techradar.com/news/china-to-ditch-all-windows-pc... - South Korea https://www.zdnet.com/article/south-koreas-government-explor... Already transition…
Yeah, aware of those... But... I wouldn't really use most of the countries on your list to set an example for the rest of the world, if you know what I mean...