Yeah, and once the precedent is settled, you can bet that the private sector will follow, and give birth to a bunch of local service companies to deploy and support those solutions in an healthier and fairer manner than the current GSuite/MSOffice duopoly.
Is this true though? There are tons of policies and procedures the US government has required for decades that never got adopted by the private sector.
I was going to say 'No way, profit > idealistic moral virtues'. But I could totally see Europe knee capping themselves. Look at how their food is inferior to the US because they stick to tradition.
I can totally see themselves doing this out of pride/humiliation.
Not direct numbers. But you can see r/BuyFromEU has 795K Weekly visitors. That is A LOT. In comparison, r/OpenAI has 676K Weekly visitors and r/webdev has 691K Weekly visitors.
Yeah, and once the precedent is settled, you can bet that the private sector will follow, and give birth to a bunch of local service companies to deploy and support those solutions in an healthier and fairer manner than the current GSuite/MSOffice duopoly.
Is this true though? There are tons of policies and procedures the US government has required for decades that never got adopted by the private sector.
OS will be cheaper. No monopoly rendite + development across more shoulders.
You can be very sure that millions of Europeans and large numbers of businesses are finding alternatives.
I was going to say 'No way, profit > idealistic moral virtues'. But I could totally see Europe knee capping themselves. Look at how their food is inferior to the US because they stick to tradition.
I can totally see themselves doing this out of pride/humiliation.
Can we? Do you have any numbers to back this up?
Not direct numbers. But you can see r/BuyFromEU has 795K Weekly visitors. That is A LOT. In comparison, r/OpenAI has 676K Weekly visitors and r/webdev has 691K Weekly visitors.
Yes, and it's clear European governments are just catching up to the sentiment of European people.