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[-] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 97 points 11 months ago

I ain’t a super Linux user, but I find it crazy that so many governments aren’t scared to put their data in the hands of US corporations like Microsoft of Apple.

I work for the state in Geneva, Switzerland, and my employers gives me an iPhone and forces me to use Windows at work.

I know that developing your own Linux distribution or any other solution is difficult but my country is even using a foreign cloud service instead of a swiss one😨

[-] venoft@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

People are so shortsighted about this. Spend billions on Microsoft products to prevent spending millions on a safe solution that will never be suddenly deprecated.

[-] zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

you're ignoring the very large elephant in the room known as "maintenance". r&d is only the first hurdle.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

This way you outsource the fault.

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