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The French city of Lyon is dropping #Microsoft software in favor of #OpenSource alternatives. It doesn't want to depend on proprietary, closed-source software, and it doesn't want to depend on *American* software. It doesn't want "potential [US] governmental surveillance."
https://news.itsfoss.com/french-city-replaces-microsoft/
PS: It seems clear that #Trump is playing a role here. While he uses tariffs to boost American companies, he scares foreign buyers away from American companies, at least software companies that collect user data. He's creating a #TikTok problem for American software. Microsoft didn't help itself on this front by giving $1 million to the Trump inauguration.
BTW, many other US closed-source software companies gave $1m to the Trump inauguration, among them Adobe, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Perplexity.
Just found a screenshot of my old computer! So nostalgic...
#retro #retrocomputing #retroblast #microsoft #windowsvista #windows #nostalgia
I'm #switching to #gnu to get away from all the #corporate #spyware on my #ibm #compatible
Fuck #microsoft and #msdos
I'm #switching to #gnu to get away from all the #corporate #spyware on my #ibm #compatible
Fuck #microsoft and #msdos