In other news: the German military partners with Google to provide the software for their new cloud service…
RaptorBenn@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Holy fuck, that’s the clearest sign for war prepararion ive seen from Europe yet, they don’t want the US in their computers.
sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Don’t worry. They’ll get a big discount on licenses and swap right back again.
MangoCats@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
At that scale it starts to be about the cost of support, and if M$ will hold their hands for the installation, configuration and maintenance, at some point that costs the state more to provide for Linux than the M$ licenses…
RaptorBenn@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I dunno, free’s still a lot cheaper, once it’s setup, it’ll be so much more flexible, it’ll hardly be worth going back.
Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
A small part of Germany, but maybe
RaptorBenn@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hopefully it sets an example and path for others to follow.
bonnashejve@europe.pub 3 weeks ago
very interesting observation… I came to conclusion if USA withdraw from NATO - EU and Great Britain will not send military troops to Poland in case russian invasion
zqps@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I think you may have the thread confused.
bonnashejve@europe.pub 3 weeks ago
Absolutely not. Open source software shift means not just installing Linux on your pc but also rejecting social media which now are instrument of manipulation and lie. It is clearly seen how social media channels (mentioned above) quickly remove posts that contradicts major ‘PARTY LINE’. I see it ALL the time. ‘Know the truth and truth makes you free’. Slavery starts when people live in lie.
zqps@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
So what’s the right distro to prepare for a Russian invasion?
spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This has been planned for quite some time, so not really.
Also, other states insist on using Palantir so there’s that…
MangoCats@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
I have seen this happen before, for a while, then somehow M$ convinced them to switch back.
osugi_sakae@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I think this happens somewhere in Germany every few years. MS then makes a concerted effort to woo some politicians back, and a few years later we have news that a city or state is moving back to MS. Yes, it is good that cities / states are trying Linux and challenging MS, but there is soo much more to any of this than technical superiority or licensing fees.
MangoCats@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
188K dollars or euros, is basically the cost to put one warm sales body in the territory, to keep the hooks in acknowledging that they should be paid for their software.
To me, it’s about digital sovereignty, and the states should stand on their own two feet and know how their own computers work, not just rely on a foreign company.