France's sovereignty push can't escape the Microsoft gravity well(theregister.com)

7 pointsby Timofeibu26 dni temu3 comments

France's sovereignty push can't escape the Microsoft gravity well

https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/06/16/frances-digital-sovereignty-push-is-struggling-to-escape-the-microsoft-gravity-well/5255380

3 comments

mytailorisrich26 dni temu

> In 2021, "we had this little incident with OVH, a little fire, which destroyed all our data," Piédallu noted dryly. The Ministry went all-in and signed contracts with Nextcloud in 2024.

The irony of calling this a sovereignty push when OVH is French and Nextcloud German...

bigbaguette26 dni temu

Have you heard of the European Union?

lordkrandel26 dni temu

Can we just oblige public sector workers to use Linux and that's it?