Let's not go over the top.

The announcement is about a tool developed internally by the French government to use internally, too. This is a very wasteful approach that does not create real competitors to US giants, and it is liable to be cancelled at the next round of cost reduction...

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thibaut_barrere 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

An insider view: there is a major push in a lot of state related team & department at the moment to go “sovereign tooling”. With alternatives for a lot of stuff.

This is not just a corner of the universe, most of us are switching tools at the moment, the trend is definitively big.

	▲	mytailorisrich 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		My point is that you don't achieve that by having the state start developing internal tools (unless it's highly sensitive stuff like for the intelligence services or military) for standard office applications. The French state is already massively oversized...

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softwaredoug 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s not just this, it’s the arrogant attitude of the administration on tarriffs, Ukraine, and a broad range of topics

	▲	mytailorisrich 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And that will change in 3 years or even at the end of this year... A lot is blown out of proportion by the EU itself because it serves its own agenda to expand reach and power. Realistically there is zero alternative to US tech/online dominance in sight in Europe and the credible competitors are more likely to be Chinese (tiktok, temu, shein, etc.) What is happening is EU politics.