| ▲ | 999900000999 4 hours ago |
| You don't need to raise taxes for this, literally just stop wasting money on licensees once the open source projects are ready. It's not a "let do it in 3 months" thing, this will take at least a decade. |
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| ▲ | xp84 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| “Once ready” they’ll save (somewhat) on licenses, what about paying for it during the years it will take to build it, while it’s not ready? When any random company makes a Build vs. Buy decision the question is “is this a core competency?” Most companies use a package from MS or GOOG because it’s unlikely that they’ll be so good at productivity software that it’s (A) worth distracting themselves from their actual job and (B) good enough. The same caveats apply here. |
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| ▲ | parchley 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | No, suggestion those caveats show that you are out of touch with what is at stake. This is about digital sovereignty, not saving money. It’s about not relying on the US. The US is literally forcing our hands here. | | |
| ▲ | 999900000999 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Honestly it's probably a good idea for governments to self host and self support anything that's important. >Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-sharepoint-hack... Open source alternatives, audited by international teams could be much more trust worthy than closed sourced black boxes. | | |
| ▲ | PlatoIsADisease 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | That explains why Android was not affected by Pegasus and Apple was. | | |
| ▲ | fn-mote an hour ago | parent [-] | | You forgot the /s I suppose the assumption is that every HN reader follows headline hacking news, which is valid but still I did a double-take at the comment. |
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| ▲ | Certhas 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Being able to operate sovereignly is a core competency for governments. | | |
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| ▲ | culi an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| FramaSoft has been building "Dégooglisons" since 2001 https://degooglisons-internet.org/en/ |
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| ▲ | gryn 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > once the open source projects are ready. so likely a decade or more of double spending in the meanwhile. that's 2 election terms in France for context. Good luck making the political parties agree to this. |
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| ▲ | gtirloni 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | This likely won't need billions of Euros to implement and will be an earmark in the budget. My point being it's not such a grandious project, from a continental perspective. |
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