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France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk

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Re: France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk

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dfdsjsdklfjs wrote: post #220
YZF wrote: post #215

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How old are you? What are your political views? How do you measure decline and what in your opinion is rising vs. this decline. There have certainly been some trends like globalization, climate change, social media, the pandemic, immigration etc. Can you elaborate on how it's in the interest of a hypothetical French person commenting on Hacker News, typing on their MBP laptop, tuning in to NetFlix, asking ChatGPT for…

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It is relevant because you seem very young. I'm not young and I've seen processes as they happen.

Eyes and ears are not good enough. You might be seeing some local effects that are biasing your opinion.

I'm interested in your political views because they seem extremely left. Your political views are relevant because they shape your perception of reality and they also tell us what narratives you've exposed to.

I have pretty decent skills in various areas from mechanical, electronics, to woodworking, to music, to martial arts. not to mention software that's my day job. I can grow food. But from your predictions sounds like I need a nuclear bunker on a remote island.

EDIT: "The Fate of Empires and the Search for Survival" -> yeah I've read this a long time ago. This is a common argument about how the US done.

Re: France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk

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Post by anigbrowl »

cmiles8 wrote: post #114

They’re still going the almost certainly end up running this on US designed chips, with US designed networking equipment and a bunch of other assets tied back to US companies. They should do what they want, but it’s “sovereignty theater” at best.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and its computing and networking technology wasn't replaced in a day either.

Re: France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk

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Post by breppp »

bigfudge wrote: post #174
breppp wrote: post #154

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I am talking about actively hindering the war effort while getting closer to Iran, a country that repeatedly kidnapped europeans, or caving in for China again and again. Europe has always managed to make the wrong choice historically, and that's how it still continues

How has Europe actively hindered the war effort? Not volunteering for demining duties under fire in a very narrow straight, and preferring diplomatic solutions seems eminently sensible, and not at all the same as 'getting closer to Iran'. Why doesn't the US send frigates and destroyers into the straight to open it and escort ships out? The answer is that it's pretty high risk, and not one worth taking (unless you are…

Generally speaking: Spain, Italy, Austria, France and Switzerland prevented the US from using its airbases or airspaces to transit their planes to the Middle East.

The UK at times also blocked use of its air bases.

France probably cut a separate deal with Iran, evident from the release of the French hostages, the call Macron had with the Iranian FM and the fact Iran lets their ship cross

Re: France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk

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Post by dfdsjsdklfjs »

YZF wrote: post #221
dfdsjsdklfjs wrote: post #220

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It is relevant because you seem very young. I'm not young and I've seen processes as they happen. Eyes and ears are not good enough. You might be seeing some local effects that are biasing your opinion. I'm interested in your political views because they seem extremely left. Your political views are relevant because they shape your perception of reality and they also tell us what narratives you've exposed to. I have…

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Re: France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk

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Post by YZF »

dfdsjsdklfjs wrote: post #224
YZF wrote: post #221

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is relevant because you seem very young. I'm not young and I've seen processes as they happen. Eyes and ears are not good enough. You might be seeing some local effects that are biasing your opinion. I'm interested in your political views because they seem extremely left. Your political views are relevant because they shape your perception of reality and they also tell us what narratives you've exposed to. I have…

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I'm not French. I guess we're both arrogant.

"America's Secret Establishment" I have not heard of. I'll put it on my reading list.

Re: France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk

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Post by Departed7405 »

idoubtit wrote: post #108

The chain of facts makes me sad: 1. The French government announces its digital agency is to write a plan, by the end of the year, so that France could reduce its extra-European dependencies. The communiqué is wrapped up with minor facts (e.g. the digital agency is to switch to Linux on dozens of computers) and big promises from Ministers. 2. Various news sites state that "France is ditching Windows", at least in the…

France'a Gendarmerie (one of two branch of law-enforcement) has switched to linux for more than a decade. There is little reason to think they are bluffing. Furthermore, the groundwork has been laid for months, with forks being worked on.

I understand your take generally, but here I don't understand the skepticism.

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Post by pablomalo »

Toine wrote: post #50
selfsigned wrote: post #29

Really proud as a French, I think the government has had some success with moving to something matrix based for the public sector too. https://tchap.numerique.gouv.fr I just hope we end up having more wins at the EU-level, instead of massive fails like GAIA-X...

"As a French" ne veut rien dire en anglais. Il faut rajouter man, person ou quelquechose. Frenchman, French person, French citizen.

"Quelquechose" doesn't mean anything in French. It's written "quelque chose".

Re: France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk

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Post by Departed7405 »

japanoise wrote: post #74
Mindless2112 wrote: post #55

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The demonym for France is "French," so it's not wrong (even if it doesn't sound right.)

It's not completely wrong, it will be understood, but it is ungrammatical and a clear marker that the speaker is not native, similar to getting adjectives in the 'wrong' order ('a big tasty sandwich' sounds more natural to a native speaker than 'a tasty big sandwich', even though the latter makes sense and will be understood). Demonyms for historical neighbours of England have irregular forms when speaking of a parti…

> and a clear marker that the speaker is not native, similar to getting adjectives in the 'wrong' order

I would think that if you say you are French, then everyone know you aren't native anyway. Maybe it's actually a good way, it can distinguish between true natives and false natives

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Post by dfdsjsdklfjs »

YZF wrote: post #225
dfdsjsdklfjs wrote: post #224

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I'm not French. I guess we're both arrogant. "America's Secret Establishment" I have not heard of. I'll put it on my reading list.

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