▲ 992 ▼ US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS-based software ecosystem (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 1 month ago by tirateimas@lemmy.pt to c/technology@lemmy.world 97 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] personalhel@lemmy.zip 41 points 1 month ago (7 children) never trust the americans again permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] sanzky@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (6 children) I will be so pissed off when a democrat is elected and every single EU country will try to go back to business as usual permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] 73ms@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) I think that's very likely over. You could argue and people did that one Trump term was just an anomaly. Two is much more difficult to explain away like that and I think Europe gets it now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tabular@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Trump, and worse to come, seems an obvious outcome when looking at the unrepresentative two-party system used to divide Americans. Places in Europe use a more representative voting systems, so Europeans aught to know it's a question of when Americans notice 2 options at the ballot is only 1 better than Russia. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago most things will, I doubt this will though. it's surprising that most countries didn't see this as a national security threat to begin with, but here we are. I think before the end of the current trump administration we'll see a ban on using Linux within the US out of spite. them not realizing or caring that 90% of the internet runs on *nixos derived software will only make things more chaotic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (2 children) Dont worry that will never happen again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago Yeah that's exactly the phrase no-one in the world will believe again for 15+ years permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago the Nazis could never take power, it just won't happen again. -- average person around 2014 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sanzky@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (6 children) I will be so pissed off when a democrat is elected and every single EU country will try to go back to business as usual permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] 73ms@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) I think that's very likely over. You could argue and people did that one Trump term was just an anomaly. Two is much more difficult to explain away like that and I think Europe gets it now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tabular@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Trump, and worse to come, seems an obvious outcome when looking at the unrepresentative two-party system used to divide Americans. Places in Europe use a more representative voting systems, so Europeans aught to know it's a question of when Americans notice 2 options at the ballot is only 1 better than Russia. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago most things will, I doubt this will though. it's surprising that most countries didn't see this as a national security threat to begin with, but here we are. I think before the end of the current trump administration we'll see a ban on using Linux within the US out of spite. them not realizing or caring that 90% of the internet runs on *nixos derived software will only make things more chaotic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (2 children) Dont worry that will never happen again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago Yeah that's exactly the phrase no-one in the world will believe again for 15+ years permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago the Nazis could never take power, it just won't happen again. -- average person around 2014 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 73ms@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) I think that's very likely over. You could argue and people did that one Trump term was just an anomaly. Two is much more difficult to explain away like that and I think Europe gets it now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tabular@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Trump, and worse to come, seems an obvious outcome when looking at the unrepresentative two-party system used to divide Americans. Places in Europe use a more representative voting systems, so Europeans aught to know it's a question of when Americans notice 2 options at the ballot is only 1 better than Russia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tabular@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Trump, and worse to come, seems an obvious outcome when looking at the unrepresentative two-party system used to divide Americans. Places in Europe use a more representative voting systems, so Europeans aught to know it's a question of when Americans notice 2 options at the ballot is only 1 better than Russia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago most things will, I doubt this will though. it's surprising that most countries didn't see this as a national security threat to begin with, but here we are. I think before the end of the current trump administration we'll see a ban on using Linux within the US out of spite. them not realizing or caring that 90% of the internet runs on *nixos derived software will only make things more chaotic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (2 children) Dont worry that will never happen again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago Yeah that's exactly the phrase no-one in the world will believe again for 15+ years permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago the Nazis could never take power, it just won't happen again. -- average person around 2014 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago Yeah that's exactly the phrase no-one in the world will believe again for 15+ years permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago the Nazis could never take power, it just won't happen again. -- average person around 2014 permalink fedilink source parent