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Why the US government’s overreliance on Microsoft is a big problem
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2024
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I guess so many countries are in the same position. Of course none of them is exactly in the same position, but almost every country is using Microsoft products.
To me this sounds crazy as you could have two enemies relying on the same company to provide an OS for them.
In a way, it would make sense for every country to have their own Linux distribution, tailored to their needs. I’ve only heard about India, some states in Germany doing this, but it seems like the perfect strategy.
My country is really regarding about what its employees are doing with the citizens data, but I guess they’re still relying on Microsoft to store all that data in many different countries.