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Phasing out basic services because of GDPR will further set France back in all topics of information technology. Sure, there are flaws in the offerings of said

Phasing out basic services because of GDPR will further set France back in all topics of information technology. Sure, there are flaws in the offerings of said providers, but the current alternatives just aren't there. And punishing every company that somehow collects data got the EU in this situation where there is no European company capable of delivering a product of the quality and polishing as Google or Microsoft are. The argument that every US hosted provider is by default incapable of meeting GDPR requirements is especially ridiculous when we consider that western intelligence services were found to heavily collaborate with mass surveillance by the NSA. This will result in basically raising two types of kids. The technically inclined that see through this charade and will go on to leverage their knowledge in any jurisdiction that they do not associate with french legacy IT. And on the other hand, those who will not and forever associate the French IT systems and government with archaic computer systems that are completely removed from their other experiences in the cyberspace.

makeitdouble 4y ago
As time goes, I tend to believe keeping using Microsoft and Google’s offering until equivalent alternatives emerge will make it more difficult for these alternatives to rise. As a real world example, China wouldn’t have many of its mega corps if it was favoriting the established US equivalent until something rises to the same level. I hate to say this, but in this field, provided an entity has enough resources, protectionism basically works.
tremon 4y ago
Let's not conflate these product offerings with "basic services". The basic services are document editing and e-mail, which can be done locally or with a local provider respectively. The conversion to a SAAS product changes the product offering, but does not change the basic services that schools/businesses require.
xigoi 4y ago
> there is no European company capable of delivering a product of the quality and polishing as Google or Microsoft are. Pretty much any other chat app is better quality than Microsoft Teams. And TeX, which is much better than Microsoft Office, was written by a single persnn.

makeitdouble 4y ago

As time goes, I tend to believe keeping using Microsoft and Google’s offering until equivalent alternatives emerge will make it more difficult for these alternatives to rise. As a real world example, China wouldn’t have many of its mega corps if it was favoriting the established US equivalent until something rises to the same level. I hate to say this, but in this field, provided an entity has enough resources, protectionism basically works.

tremon 4y ago

Let's not conflate these product offerings with "basic services". The basic services are document editing and e-mail, which can be done locally or with a local provider respectively. The conversion to a SAAS product changes the product offering, but does not change the basic services that schools/businesses require.

xigoi 4y ago

> there is no European company capable of delivering a product of the quality and polishing as Google or Microsoft are. Pretty much any other chat app is better quality than Microsoft Teams. And TeX, which is much better than Microsoft Office, was written by a single persnn.