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Canadians have a historic opportunity to punch Microsoft in the face (lemmy.nz)
submitted 5 days ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/linux@programming.dev
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In peaceful times, people cling to broken systems simply because "that's how it's always been done". Comfort is a prison.

This crisis is a great opportunity to screw Microsoft.

Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder.

Canadians should be agressively lobbying their politicians to embrace Linux and the open source ecosystem. Call your representatives. Write to your city council. Contact your town IT department. Do it now.

OC text by @Ziip@lemmy.zip

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[-] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

I heartily agree Europe should step up the speed, but for a lot of government systems it is not so easily done. Metric shit tons of legacy data, legacy apps and legacy connections to the outside world that need to be kept alive will heavily impede the changes.
Of course, Microsoft and other companies like Oracle absolutely designed it this way, but the fact remains - it is a very difficult task.

[-] pglpm@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

They designed it this way indeed. And on top of that, politicians then (just like today) were not capable nor competent to think enough ahead.

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