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Note that this is only about European governments choosing to not use US software.

• ezst 8mo ago
  Yeah, and once the precedent is settled, you can bet that the private sector will follow, and give birth to a bunch of local service companies to deploy and support those solutions in an healthier and fairer manner than the current GSuite/MSOffice duopoly.
  • DaSHacka 8mo ago
    Is this true though? There are tons of policies and procedures the US government has required for decades that never got adopted by the private sector.
    • snowpid 8mo ago
      OS will be cheaper. No monopoly rendite + development across more shoulders.
• melesian 8mo ago
  You can be very sure that millions of Europeans and large numbers of businesses are finding alternatives.
  • DaSHacka 8mo ago
    Can we? Do you have any numbers to back this up?
    • johanyc 8mo ago
      Not direct numbers. But you can see r/BuyFromEU has 795K Weekly visitors. That is A LOT. In comparison, r/OpenAI has 676K Weekly visitors and r/webdev has 691K Weekly visitors.
  • PlatoIsADisease 8mo ago
    I was going to say 'No way, profit > idealistic moral virtues'. But I could totally see Europe knee capping themselves. Look at how their food is inferior to the US because they stick to tradition. I can totally see themselves doing this out of pride/humiliation.
• alamortsubite 8mo ago
  Yes, and it's clear European governments are just catching up to the sentiment of European people.