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

Post by gmerc » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC

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This is EU, what else do you expect? European officials saying they're ditching Windows has become a ritual: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/german-open-source-expe... : > The German Foreign Office first moved over to Linux as a server platform in 2001... the Foreign Office of Germany made the announcement (translated news report) that it is migrating away from Linux back to Windows as its desktop solution. http…

The LiMux/Munich saga was actually successful to a large degree. What happened is that Microsoft put enormous efforts into killing it. High level people like Steve ballmer and Bill Gates made personal visits to Munich officials to win them back, Microsoft put a headquarters in Bavaria, and there were huge concessions. It's about as far as you can get from the image of empty promises and no action.

Post by snowpid » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC

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Why can't people understand this basic fact? China does not have a free press. The only information you're getting on public channels about China, unless you dig as deep as a financial analyst (i.e. getting trade data about China, but exclusively from non-Chinese sources. Other countries. Central Banks. Satellite images. Ship records. And so on) you are getting propaganda and nothing but propaganda. So it doesn't mat…

These same people also gobble up anti America and anti western headlines like fat kids at a buffet. They’re literally gluttonous for this kind of doomer porn. It’s hilarious, and also incredibly sad.

Post by psd1 » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 9:28 AM UTC

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That's one interpretation of the irish refs. I think the more obvious one is that the first result was very close and needed to be clarified. That also fits with the second one being emphatic. You're allowed to think that Lisbon warranted referenda in the member states, but it's a minority opinion. On Brexit, you should question your sources: > in the three years that followed everything possible was done to reverse…

> That's one interpretation of the irish refs. I think the more obvious one is that the first result was very close and needed to be clarified. Ah yes… and if the result was close but happened to be the one the Establishment wanted, do you think they would have called for a confirmatory vote just to be sure? Of course not. > That also fits with the second one being emphatic. The Playbook says spend more on comms, emp…