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Estonia is the latest preparing to find a Microsoft alternative

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[โ€“] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 59 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If needed? No, do it now. Break the addiction to the US tech sector.

It's needed anyway, there's no if here

[โ€“] sidebro@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's how we build our own, too.

[โ€“] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Yes, but we also should avoid just building monopolies like in the US. There will be no gain to just replace one tech overlord with another.

The future is open source.

[โ€“] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 5 days ago

Which I think is largely what you're seeing happen. France's national options are all built on open source for example.

[โ€“] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The main issue with AWS and GCP and Azure is they're effectively a triopoly controlled by the Americans.

We need to dump a fat stack into a plurality of providers, ideally operating as national champions.

Something atop of OpenStack maybe. But OpenStack seems bloated as fuck.

[โ€“] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Overall agree but "The market" created this problem. We cannot rely on it to solve it.

We need open standards, and lowering the barriers to entry, not creating "the European Google" or "the AWS of France".

A book vaguely related to the topic is "the internet con" by Cory Doctorow. He explains how google and aws didn't just "happen" but are a product and the beneficiary of a process of erosion of antitrust laws.

[โ€“] fierysparrow89@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Which doesn't mean very much. Like an addict saying I can ditch XYZ "if needed"

[โ€“] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

Gvt departments are pushing their contractors (I mean companies that win RFPs here, not individuals) to use Teams like they do so they could have more seamless messaging

Ain't nobody ditching Microsoft here :/ even "if needed".

[โ€“] D_C@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

If needed? It's needed.

[โ€“] X@piefed.world 7 points 5 days ago

Cmon Eesti, youโ€™re able to move to Linux, you have all the reasons you need. Make it happen.

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago

If any of this actually comes close to happening, Microsoft is going to bribe so many government officials and make sales deals with super cheap contracts. But I wish them luck.

[โ€“] arrrse@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago

Why wont eu start a linux distribution of its own or just pick one thats available and start developing them