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It seems that when countries try to go away from microsoft, the USA ambassador comes to you to make threats. https://lwn.net/Articles/1013776/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1013776/ So it's not so easy, although yes, of course it's better to avoid depending on an hostile and powerful nation.