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This could be the ultimate push to open source, pushed by most if not all non-US governments globally. As for services/products - cloud and MS. From MS - Activ
by jajko 1y ago
This could be the ultimate push to open source, pushed by most if not all non-US governments globally.
As for services/products - cloud and MS. From MS - Active directory, Exchange, Outlook, Word, Excel and probably Powerpoint in no particular order. The key is not to have something basic cca working, we have those for decades and they are pretty fringe. Walking the last mile, the hardest part of smoothing integration, ironing UI, responsiveness. This would be a massive task, but worth it.
You have this, you don't need to look back at questionable US products anymore, at least not until they ship as bunch of code that you build and review locally. Goodbye NSA, back to cutting fiber optic cables on the bottom of the sea.
- graemep 1y agoThe integration might be the best real reason, but IMO the real reason is branding and good marketing. A lot of FOSS and other non-US software has at least as good UI and often better responsiveness. However for many people particular apps they need are Windows only. Lots of industry vertical stuff. With regard to marketing and branding, a lot of people use AWS because of the brand. Its not a particularly good provider of VPSs but I have lost count of how many people use AWS as a VPS provider (not using other services) and even worse most of them buy and instance plus storage rather than saving money by using Lightsail. I have had people argue that potential acquirers might be put off by using smaller providers.