US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS-based software ecosystem — trial programs running now, first release expected at end of 2027
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The U.S. imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, preventing it from using ubiquitous U.S.-based software.
    • sanzky@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      23 hours ago

      I will be so pissed off when a democrat is elected and every single EU country will try to go back to business as usual

      • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 hours ago

        most things will, I doubt this will though.

        it’s surprising that most countries didn’t see this as a national security threat to begin with, but here we are.

        I think before the end of the current trump administration we’ll see a ban on using Linux within the US out of spite.

        them not realizing or caring that 90% of the internet runs on *nixos derived software will only make things more chaotic.

      • 73ms@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        19 hours ago

        I think that’s very likely over. You could argue and people did that one Trump term was just an anomaly. Two is much more difficult to explain away like that and I think Europe gets it now.