Sweet.

[avandeursen@mastodon.acm.org]

RE: https://social.overheid.nl/@BZKopensource/116770424383243538

Sweet. Dutch government needed improved accessibility for its https://social.overheid.nl Mastodon instance. It decided to cofinance this, and the features landed in the brand new 4.6 release. “In this way we invest in our own communication tools and those of the full fediverse at once.”

[olivierburnier@mastodon.social]

@avandeursen Great move, we wish all #EUpoliticians were on Mastodon

[dazo@infosec.exchange]

@avandeursen This is exactly where the @EUCommission's bragging about W Social completely misses the point ... A possibility to collaborate on something bigger than themselves, a truly connected fediverse community - which impacts so much more than just their own "local" needs.

#EU should know about the #fediverse due their presence here. Still they started promoting something which only benefits the few in the very end.

This is a shout out to the Dutch government, putting the money (their investment into the fediverse) in a place where it ends up adding improvements for so many more people than they probably expected. If all European governments would be equally brave, we would be fully sovereign on so many levels with a far lower cost for everyone.

You cannot truly create anything benefiting the public at large by putting money into a for-profit organisation. That will primarily benefit the for-profit organisation first of all.

[justinas@soc.dudenas.lt]

@avandeursen this is how governments worldwide should be sponsoring technology

[clonedhuman@mastodon.social]

@avandeursen I wonder if the Netherlands will let me apply for asylum.

[mmu_man@m.g3l.org]

@avandeursen maybe they should tell @EUCommission

[mainec@fromm.social]

@avandeursen this encapsulates what my mind thought of when years ago @niels wrote that for him @TheASF way of doing open source can be called: "gaining my sharing".

To cut a long story short: I love reading this story!