Based on the article and how such commissions work in Germany it will take them 15 years to “evaluate” meanwhile getting several kickbacks from ms for signing long term contracts
I’m certainly no expert in this field, but it seems to me you can’t beat American software by just creating more platforms. What’s needed is a pan-European standard—one with seamless integration with existing American software, open-source, and mandatory for all EU members.
Only then can we create something truly compelling that doesn’t lose functionality for users and offers a vast market for developers. Otherwise, we’ll just end up with another 6-8 platforms competing with each other, while the end-user will still find it easier to just use the global (i.e., American) solution.
We can criticize China all we want, but the truth is they’ve weaned themselves off American software, and they wouldn’t have many problems if Trump suddenly decided to block their access to Windows or Office 365.
How is the succes rate of IT projects in Germany actually? Pretty certain in Belgium such project would fail. Can’t even modernize software for the federal police over here.
When I was working in a German company recently, people were being asked to move *to* the Microsoft ecosystem, away from Google
And the moment a more ‘convenient’ POTUS emerges, they’ll move back again.
Seen in München.
The french Gendarmerie is running their [distro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu) since 2005
It was a tiny scandal because they bypassed ‘higher authorities’ – eg politicians – as to not be disturbed by lobbying.
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Based on the article and how such commissions work in Germany it will take them 15 years to “evaluate” meanwhile getting several kickbacks from ms for signing long term contracts
I’m certainly no expert in this field, but it seems to me you can’t beat American software by just creating more platforms. What’s needed is a pan-European standard—one with seamless integration with existing American software, open-source, and mandatory for all EU members.
Only then can we create something truly compelling that doesn’t lose functionality for users and offers a vast market for developers. Otherwise, we’ll just end up with another 6-8 platforms competing with each other, while the end-user will still find it easier to just use the global (i.e., American) solution.
We can criticize China all we want, but the truth is they’ve weaned themselves off American software, and they wouldn’t have many problems if Trump suddenly decided to block their access to Windows or Office 365.
How is the succes rate of IT projects in Germany actually? Pretty certain in Belgium such project would fail. Can’t even modernize software for the federal police over here.
When I was working in a German company recently, people were being asked to move *to* the Microsoft ecosystem, away from Google
And the moment a more ‘convenient’ POTUS emerges, they’ll move back again.
Seen in München.
The french Gendarmerie is running their [distro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu) since 2005
It was a tiny scandal because they bypassed ‘higher authorities’ – eg politicians – as to not be disturbed by lobbying.
Complete opposite of what happened in München.