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The petition is open to all EU resident. The goal is to replace all Windows in all public institution in Europe with a sovereign GNU/Linux.

If the petition is successful it would be a huge step forward for GNU/Linux adoption.

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[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Why?

It makes no sense for a government/military to use a proprietary system made in another country when there's a very strong movement inside of said government for an open system. They have incredibly smart people at SUSE, Manjaro and KDE right on the inside and you are telling me they can't do better than hitting subscribe on Office365?

Assume the EU and US have a conflict, now the EU is stuck with an entire ecosystem made in the US. Assuming they don't already have all your internal data, they can just get it with a single click.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

They could have opted to build and use the eurofighter but didn't, instead choosing to rely on the expertise and good relationships between EU and US. At that time.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev -1 points 1 month ago

Assuming they don’t already have all your internal data

A devotee of Our Lady of Assumption, i see.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev -4 points 1 month ago

you are telling me they can’t do better than hitting subscribe on Office365?

Yes I am absolutely telling you that.