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250 Billion Euros Wasted on Proprietary Stuff (Mostly American) Instead of Investing in Local IT Talent and Free (Libre) Code
"Yle radio Vega had an interview with some German and Polish officials about the necessity of open source code in government," a reader has told us. "It's step in the right direction," he said, "but great, coordinated effort will be required to ensure that the progress does not stop there. Microsoft and other malevolent forces *are* already working to try to derail what little progress has been made to-date."
"Apparently 250,000,000,000 Euros are wasted on proprietary software and services."
Will Europe realise that GAFAM is a risk, not a suitable "IT provider"? █
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