The Latest NDAA Amendment Can (or Should) Allow the United States to Remove Microsoft Even Faster From Its Infrastructure (Which Routinely Gets Cracked Completely by Russia and China, Thanks to Microsoft)
YESTERDAY was a busy day (in relative terms), at least news-wise. With 49 new pages in the sister site and nearly 30 here we struggled to find time to record more videos as we had planned. However we did mention Moldova. "All those 2-3% increases are significant given the extensive network the Microsoft cult has in place and how deeply they have dug into institutions," one person noted. "Microsofters have positioned themselves everywhere it is possible to block IT deployments or learning."
"LibreOffice, Calligra, and especially the OpenDocument Format have lost traction among technical people. R has been subverted by Microsoft so they yammer incessantly about Microsoft Excel and docx or xlsx, as one example of many."
Yes, R keeps pushing Excel, even this past Tuesday. Lots of Microsoft Office there, either as "puzzles" or "power" (BI, Shell) or whatever. They also routinely push Microsoft's proprietary prison, GitHub, instead of free (as in freedom) software and real development tools.
That Moldova and many other countries are fast to adopt GNU/Linux (and BSD) is reassuring, but they really ought to speed up. The US should do the same. See the comments on "President Ordered Board to Probe SolarWinds Hack. It Never Did." (Microsoft coverup of sorts)
It's time to move!
This new article says "NDAA amendment to give more authority to DoD components to buy cyber products". The above-mentioned person asked, "could that theoretically be leveraged to displace Microsoft and roll out best-of-breed FOSS utilities and systems?" (And not that it actually would, but could it)
Microsoft isn't mentioned, but the article states: "If passed, the amendment included in the 2025 defense bill would allow DoD components to buy cyber services independently if they can demonstrate the “compelling need that the requirement of the product has due to its urgency, or to ensure product or service competition within the market.”
After what happened they'd have to be crazy or bribed not to get rid of Microsoft.
The additional problem is that Linux Foundation and CISA both got infiltrated by Microsoft. So when they talk about "security" they typically promote Microsoft. Sometimes their spokespeople are Microsoft staff. It's a real problem and it must be widely recognised. █