A while back, Microsoft, complying with a demand by the US government, locked the account of a worker at the International Criminal Court, because, reasons.
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A while back, Microsoft, complying with a demand by the US government, locked the account of a worker at the International Criminal Court, because, reasons.
Said worker in Europe, was suddenly unable to access his account, read emails, etc.
Nice
But several EU countries looked at that and said "WTF ... the US gov can just decide to lock someone in the EU out of their own account?!"
... and as a result, Germany and other countries are rapidly getting off all Microsoft and other US software -
A while back, Microsoft, complying with a demand by the US government, locked the account of a worker at the International Criminal Court, because, reasons.
Said worker in Europe, was suddenly unable to access his account, read emails, etc.
Nice
But several EU countries looked at that and said "WTF ... the US gov can just decide to lock someone in the EU out of their own account?!"
... and as a result, Germany and other countries are rapidly getting off all Microsoft and other US softwareThe eventual cost to Microsoft is going to be MASSIVE, and more and more big users in other countries migrate onto FOSS or regional software alternatives. Unfortunately for many other US software companies, they have now been caught in the same net, and are also losing users at a fast clip, and even US-based Visa and Mastercard are seeing shifts and a movement to migrate from them in other countries.
Well played Microsoft, well played
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A while back, Microsoft, complying with a demand by the US government, locked the account of a worker at the International Criminal Court, because, reasons.
Said worker in Europe, was suddenly unable to access his account, read emails, etc.
Nice
But several EU countries looked at that and said "WTF ... the US gov can just decide to lock someone in the EU out of their own account?!"
... and as a result, Germany and other countries are rapidly getting off all Microsoft and other US software@mloxton frankly, I used to run Windows exclusively, but a friend turned me on to Slackware, around ‘98 or so. Now I just run macOS and Linux. My MacBook is old enough to be called obsolete, but I do need it for Logic and MainStage, so I keep it around, but I’ve booted live Ubuntu on it and even wireless works well. Might dual boot.
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A while back, Microsoft, complying with a demand by the US government, locked the account of a worker at the International Criminal Court, because, reasons.
Said worker in Europe, was suddenly unable to access his account, read emails, etc.
Nice
But several EU countries looked at that and said "WTF ... the US gov can just decide to lock someone in the EU out of their own account?!"
... and as a result, Germany and other countries are rapidly getting off all Microsoft and other US software@mloxton good for them
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A while back, Microsoft, complying with a demand by the US government, locked the account of a worker at the International Criminal Court, because, reasons.
Said worker in Europe, was suddenly unable to access his account, read emails, etc.
Nice
But several EU countries looked at that and said "WTF ... the US gov can just decide to lock someone in the EU out of their own account?!"
... and as a result, Germany and other countries are rapidly getting off all Microsoft and other US software@mloxton Unglücklicherweise stimmt das so nicht. Manche Bundesstaaten wie Schleswig Holstein haben auf Open Software umgestellt. Andere wie Bayern sind stolz darauf weiterhin Windowsprodukte zu verwenden. Der Bund im übrigen auch. Da ist noch ein weiterer Weg zu gehen. Gegen Geldkoffer ist es schwer.
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A while back, Microsoft, complying with a demand by the US government, locked the account of a worker at the International Criminal Court, because, reasons.
Said worker in Europe, was suddenly unable to access his account, read emails, etc.
Nice
But several EU countries looked at that and said "WTF ... the US gov can just decide to lock someone in the EU out of their own account?!"
... and as a result, Germany and other countries are rapidly getting off all Microsoft and other US software@mloxton *sigh* would be nice if true but very much not what is happening in Germany (or Netherlands).
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The eventual cost to Microsoft is going to be MASSIVE, and more and more big users in other countries migrate onto FOSS or regional software alternatives. Unfortunately for many other US software companies, they have now been caught in the same net, and are also losing users at a fast clip, and even US-based Visa and Mastercard are seeing shifts and a movement to migrate from them in other countries.
Well played Microsoft, well played
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A while back, Microsoft, complying with a demand by the US government, locked the account of a worker at the International Criminal Court, because, reasons.
Said worker in Europe, was suddenly unable to access his account, read emails, etc.
Nice
But several EU countries looked at that and said "WTF ... the US gov can just decide to lock someone in the EU out of their own account?!"
... and as a result, Germany and other countries are rapidly getting off all Microsoft and other US software -
A while back, Microsoft, complying with a demand by the US government, locked the account of a worker at the International Criminal Court, because, reasons.
Said worker in Europe, was suddenly unable to access his account, read emails, etc.
Nice
But several EU countries looked at that and said "WTF ... the US gov can just decide to lock someone in the EU out of their own account?!"
... and as a result, Germany and other countries are rapidly getting off all Microsoft and other US software@mloxton The discussion and activities in Germany are slowly getting underway, but the federal government alone is spending some 500 Million alone on MS licenses. And a federal attempt to spread a federal open source solution pisses all the universities off, because they get MS Office for free and shall pay some €40 per student per year (because the „Bund“ wants to profit from the states). As always: if it's not football, Germany screws up.
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A while back, Microsoft, complying with a demand by the US government, locked the account of a worker at the International Criminal Court, because, reasons.
Said worker in Europe, was suddenly unable to access his account, read emails, etc.
Nice
But several EU countries looked at that and said "WTF ... the US gov can just decide to lock someone in the EU out of their own account?!"
... and as a result, Germany and other countries are rapidly getting off all Microsoft and other US software@mloxton Just wait until they see the latest message from the raving lunatic at the top of our government. Completely unhinged madness...
I suggest they speed up the transition. No years long slow migration. Get out now and worry about the costs later. There aren't years. There are months at the utmost. I know governments are glacial, but this is a move fast or else suffer dire consequences very soon issue now.
These corporations can also be ordered to give up private data and they will.
