In peaceful times, people cling to broken systems simply because “that’s how it’s always been done”. Comfort is a prison.
This crisis is a great opportunity to screw Microsoft.
Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder.
Canadians should be agressively lobbying their politicians to embrace Linux and the open source ecosystem. Call your representatives. Write to your city council. Contact your town IT department. Do it now.
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Even in Europe where they’re more serious about such things they are approaching the idea only very slowly. Governments in Canada are so comfy in that prison that they’ve forgotten the outside world even exists. Couldn’t hurt to try and remind them I guess, but don’t expect them to believe you.
I heartily agree Europe should step up the speed, but for a lot of government systems it is not so easily done. Metric shit tons of legacy data, legacy apps and legacy connections to the outside world that need to be kept alive will heavily impede the changes.
Of course, Microsoft and other companies like Oracle absolutely designed it this way, but the fact remains - it is a very difficult task.
They designed it this way indeed. And on top of that, politicians then (just like today) were not capable nor competent to think enough ahead.
@kbal @Ziip @cm0002 Very accurate, yes. And to be fair to Europe, switching over from MS to open-source *should* be done slowly and carefully. That’s a lot of vital data, and fumbling it could seriously harm a lot of people. Thinks of the court system alone.
@kbal @Ziip @cm0002 Canada detaching from the US economy is a similarly monumental undertaking as Europe getting off US tech, but I think you’re right that our political class can’t even get there in their minds. They see a huge task and don’t even want to start.