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There was a huge initiative at CERN to move to non-MS products. It was great actually: suddenly we were leaving behind a bunch of bloated MS cruft and working
by dguest 2y ago
There was a huge initiative at CERN to move to non-MS products.
It was great actually: suddenly we were leaving behind a bunch of bloated MS cruft and working with nice stuff. As someone working at CERN I was really inspired, not just by the support for open source but by how well it all worked.
Then next thing I knew we were doubling down on MS stuff. I don't know what happened. It was sad though, and the user experience did not improve in the end.
I'm not close enough to CERN-IT to know the details. But for what it's worth, no one I knew in IT could think of a good reason for going back.
- notabee 2y agoConsidering how massively in bed with the U.S. government and other governments that Microsoft is, and said government has been known for keeping tabs even on allies(1), I'm sure that certain parties have a keen interest in keeping up with what's going on at CERN that's not just scientific curiosity. Strangely these Microsoft evangelists manage to pop up in organizations all the time to reverse any open source initiatives. Could just be a coincidence though. 1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-...