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> You make it sound like any government should be able to cut ties with any company at a whim. Well, yes. An individual company should absolutely not be more p
by oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
> You make it sound like any government should be able to cut ties with any company at a whim.
Well, yes. An individual company should absolutely not be more powerful than an entire state. Yes, migrating away from Microsoft would be painful and expensive, but it must be possible, otherwise Microsoft can get whatever it wants from the UK on pains of pulling its business.
- mr_mitm 4y agoIt's not just the UK. Munich famously tried to get away from Microsoft and failed. The reasons aren't entirely clear to me - rumor has it it's because of some deals behind closed doors - but I think it's obvious that many governments on all levels are fully dependent on Microsoft. I believe China is headed towards independence of Microsoft, though.