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The Netherlands is preparing to dump Windows and Office for its own Linux opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com

Another European company has had enough of USTrump-dominated technology companies and is switching to Linux and open-source software.

23 points•CrankyBear•1 day ago•3 comments•

#linux #windows #office #preparing #netherlands #dump #dump windows #european

3 comments

WalterGR1 day ago

359 comments, posted earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49891550

wewewedxfgdf1 day ago

I'm going to guess they bank the savings instead of spending it on open source development.

RestartKernelabout 17 hours ago

https://nlnet.nl

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