We're seeing a lot of initiatives across Europe and the EU to replace Microsoft services with #Linux and #OpenSource solutions.
This could be massive for Linux and the entire community, so I'm sharing my thoughts on why this is happening, why it's great, but also why it could still very much die down very quickly:
What’s more interesting is that Gawkowski – the ministry of digitisation affairs – has promised they would sever ties with Big Tech corporations. Oh boy, how were we naïve when believing in this…
Of course this won’t happen in entirety on day one – public administration’s IT systems are deeply ingrained with Microsoft solutions. Eventual complete replacement plan may require a lot of time to execute in full: drawing out cost charts, signing contracts with IT firms ready to take on this task, and maintenance of such systems after migration.
Krzysztof Gawkowski did NOTHING to push this forward. Instead, he said that Poland should “reap benefits from Big Tech’s investments in Poland”, signed a contract with Microsoft and Google on their “e-skills” programme, and Polish MoDA has used bogus argumentation when I presented my partial digital sovereignty plan to them. Eventually my legislation proposal reached the Polish parliament, but I am afraid this may be turned down, too.
What’s the conclusion I have drawn out? Do not believe politicians blindly. End of story.
Nick @ The Linux Experiment
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