New from me: France is done with US big tech companies—arguably its moving away from American tech faster than other countries in Europe
-
New from me: France is done with US big tech companies—arguably its moving away from American tech faster than other countries in Europe
The French government has built its own replacement for Google Docs/Microsoft Office. Cities, including Lyon, are moving to Linux and other tech. Open source is at the center of their efforts.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-eu-is-going-through-a-trump-fueled-breakup-with-big-tech/
-
New from me: France is done with US big tech companies—arguably its moving away from American tech faster than other countries in Europe
The French government has built its own replacement for Google Docs/Microsoft Office. Cities, including Lyon, are moving to Linux and other tech. Open source is at the center of their efforts.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-eu-is-going-through-a-trump-fueled-breakup-with-big-tech/
@mattburgess @onepict I hope the French government are also donating to OSS projects they're now depending on. They've got the resources.
Huh…actually, all of Europe financially supporting OSS would upend Big Tech’s stranglehold of tech.
-
New from me: France is done with US big tech companies—arguably its moving away from American tech faster than other countries in Europe
The French government has built its own replacement for Google Docs/Microsoft Office. Cities, including Lyon, are moving to Linux and other tech. Open source is at the center of their efforts.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-eu-is-going-through-a-trump-fueled-breakup-with-big-tech/
@mattburgess 🤨
isn't Denmark ahead
they phased out #MicroSlop haven't they -
@mattburgess @onepict I hope the French government are also donating to OSS projects they're now depending on. They've got the resources.
Huh…actually, all of Europe financially supporting OSS would upend Big Tech’s stranglehold of tech.
@netopwibby @mattburgess I'm glad for the existence of @sovtechfund and @NGIZero (which was funded by the @EUCommission )
While @ngi is comming to an end, I hope this period of political turbulence and the danger of allowing the USA to have so much power over our technology will enable the EU and member governments to rethink it's stance on funding #NextGenerationEU
https://www.ow2.org/view/Events/The_European_Union_must_keep_funding_free_software_open_letter
-
@netopwibby @mattburgess I'm glad for the existence of @sovtechfund and @NGIZero (which was funded by the @EUCommission )
While @ngi is comming to an end, I hope this period of political turbulence and the danger of allowing the USA to have so much power over our technology will enable the EU and member governments to rethink it's stance on funding #NextGenerationEU
https://www.ow2.org/view/Events/The_European_Union_must_keep_funding_free_software_open_letter
@onepict @netopwibby @mattburgess @sovtechfund @NGIZero @ngi
Fwiw, the @EUCommission uses #OpenLDAP with support from Symas. They certainly seem to have prioritized support of open source infrastructure, at least.
-
New from me: France is done with US big tech companies—arguably its moving away from American tech faster than other countries in Europe
The French government has built its own replacement for Google Docs/Microsoft Office. Cities, including Lyon, are moving to Linux and other tech. Open source is at the center of their efforts.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-eu-is-going-through-a-trump-fueled-breakup-with-big-tech/
@mattburgess I hope the day comes when they take their statue back.
-
@onepict @netopwibby @mattburgess @sovtechfund @NGIZero @ngi
Fwiw, the @EUCommission uses #OpenLDAP with support from Symas. They certainly seem to have prioritized support of open source infrastructure, at least.
Nice I didn't know that. It's great to see the EU supporting you, via a contract with Symas .
-
T tanyakaroli@expressional.social shared this topic
-
New from me: France is done with US big tech companies—arguably its moving away from American tech faster than other countries in Europe
The French government has built its own replacement for Google Docs/Microsoft Office. Cities, including Lyon, are moving to Linux and other tech. Open source is at the center of their efforts.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-eu-is-going-through-a-trump-fueled-breakup-with-big-tech/
I wonder when they ask the Statue of Liberty back?
-
New from me: France is done with US big tech companies—arguably its moving away from American tech faster than other countries in Europe
The French government has built its own replacement for Google Docs/Microsoft Office. Cities, including Lyon, are moving to Linux and other tech. Open source is at the center of their efforts.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-eu-is-going-through-a-trump-fueled-breakup-with-big-tech/
@mattburgess French here. While the government often announces grand plans to switch, its agencies tend to sign last minute deals with Microsoft in the end; while the private sector, especially startups, is firmly committed to Google.
-
@mattburgess 🤨
isn't Denmark ahead
they phased out #MicroSlop haven't they@wobweger @mattburgess I don’t think we are ahead. There are various activities going on and one of our bigger municipalities are quite active. But I would not use the term “ahead”
-
S strit@mastodon.social shared this topic
