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Spooky23 ◴[07 Dec 25 17:03 UTC] No.46183150[source]▶
What is the political element in Germany that makes these very public walk away from Microsoft viable?

I’ve run projects for a few different employers to look at doing this. The math doesn’t math unless you can segment your workforce. For example, at one place we had a field workforce that operated dispatch centers and field techs. That was all iOS + Linux or Chrome.

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1. perlgeek ◴[07 Dec 25 17:14 UTC] No.46183253[source]▶
> What is the political element in Germany that makes these very public walk away from Microsoft viable?

Mostly the widespread perception that the USA has betrayed the security guarantees given to Europe, and that the USA isn't a reliable partner anymore.

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2. Ylpertnodi ◴[08 Dec 25 13:00 UTC] No.46191705[source]▶
>Mostly the widespread perception that the USA has betrayed the security guarantees given to Europe, and that the USA isn't a reliable partner anymore.

Mostly the widespread perception that the Trump administration has betrayed the security guarantees given to Europe, and that the USA isn't a reliable partner anymore.

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3. perlgeek ◴[08 Dec 25 17:25 UTC] No.46195009[source]▶
Hardly a distinction worth making; if the USA votes for such unstable and highly egoistic politicians TWICE, it's quite clear they aren't a reliable partner anymore.

Even if they vote in a sane president next, we cannot rely on them in the long run, because the one after that could be a lunatic again.