Finland's Dependence on GAFAM (US) Needs to be Lessened, EU Must Follow This Path
Five days ago the EU ended a consultation period on adoption of Free software. Now it needs to study almost 2,000 bits of feedback, some of it very lengthy. Up north (in the EU), Finland is working towards similar goals:
Andy used to work in Finland, but he quit the university, so who will "fix that problem?" we wonder, now that all those skilled with ICT have been expelled from not just teaching but the public sector in general? (Paraphrasing an associate)
The only people left on the payroll are "Microsofters reselling Microsoft products," we believe, "against the very institutions which pay their salaries." (Like Canonical)
There's some more here in kansalaisaloite.fi with an automated translation:
At least there is growing will to do something about it. It's unwise to make one's entire national infrastructure (computer systems) dependent on a regime which compares its black citizens to monkeys and assassinates nonviolent dissenters. █