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tsoukase 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Micros...

"Nobody Ever Got Fired For Buying Microsoft". Same for Oracle and AWS, until a year ago. Before the current insanity, Europe whould become independent like never. Now, it will take about a decade, IF the insanity continues in the next presidential terms.

michaelsshaw 6 months ago [–]

I think it's a bit of a Pandora's box issue. Their eyes are now open to the very real, no longer hypothetical, threat. There's no going back.

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