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> Astroturfing around this is getting suspicious. It's perfectly possible for people to be passionate about the subject.
by e2le 5mo ago
> Astroturfing around this is getting suspicious.
It's perfectly possible for people to be passionate about the subject.
- drstewart 5mo agoI've never met a real human that was passionate about what OS a government worker in some local French commune uses, but it's the hottest topic on HN behind AI
- blitzar 5mo agoLet me introduce you to a meme ... 2026: The Year of the Linux Desktop
- EinigeKreise 5mo agoI do care for them setting an example for my local government.
- embedding-shape 5mo agoRight, what about FOSS developers who care about what guidelines the entire country has regarding OS usage? Maybe I'm living in a bubble, but everyone (mostly Europeans to be fair) seems excited about moving away from US technologies. This move isn't just "Local French commune thinks about Linux", it's "French government agency that can mandate what others do, set hard guideline for agencies and magistrates to come up with a concrete plan for how to move to Linux", which is worlds beyond what we've seen before.
- samrus 5mo agoMost of the passion is around being felt exploited my american tech giants and feeling hopeful at seeing large respectable institutions divest from them. Thats legit, not astroturfed
- redsocksfan45 5mo ago[dead]
- ndsipa_pomu 5mo agoI don't believe we've met, but I've long been convinced that governments should not be reliant on commercial software and proprietary formats and protocols. It just seems obvious that relying on Microsoft this and that is a blinkered, short-term view.