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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: A shot across the bow?
Date: 10 Jul 2025 10:41:23 GMT
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"The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive"

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/the_european_union_linux_desktop/

(Sure, it's SJVN, but he makes some good points anyway. ;) )

Obquote:
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Privacy isn't the only issue. Can you trust Microsoft to deliver on its 
service promises under American political pressure? Ask the EU-based 
International Criminal Court (ICC) which after it issued arrest warrants 
for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes, Trump imposed 
sanctions on the ICC. Soon afterward, ICC's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, 
was reportedly locked out of his Microsoft email accounts. Coincidence? 
Some think not. Microsoft denies they had anything to do with this.
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TL;DR: MSFT has their fingers so deep into user's desktops that EU
governments and entities are worried about the integrity of their data.

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