Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft

Posted by doener 6 hours ago

Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft(www.swissinfo.ch)

199 points | 76 commentspage 2

Cider9986 5 hours ago|

Go for it, I'd say. Switzerland is a fascinating country, they lead in many areas. Zermatt, for example is a wonderful town with no cars.

eps 5 hours ago||

Zermatt is a ski resort for wealthy foreign tousrists, accessible only by train. But, yeah, it has no cars.

mirekrusin 4 hours ago||

Direct democracy instead of a cult of showman.

givemeethekeys 5 hours ago||

After so many years of EU countries talking, how much has Microsoft's top and bottom line been affected?

sisve 5 hours ago||

We move slow. But the clima for change is here now, it's been brewing for a decade or so. Expect Europe to not use more money on US services the next two decade. So with inflation you will really see a significant decline. My 5 cents

drstewart 5 hours ago||

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OKRainbowKid 5 hours ago|||

Do you think your comment has any substance beyond expressing your disdain for Europe / the EU? Are you aware that Switzerland is not a member of the EU?

drstewart 5 hours ago||

Considering I didn't mention the EU once, I'm quite aware of that. I like how you try shoehorn in it on your own to try gotcha me though. Not a great attempt.

Are you aware of the crashing population of Europe though?

JumpCrisscross 4 hours ago|||

> Are you aware of the crashing population of Europe though?

The EU's population grew in 2024 [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_European_U...

drstewart 4 hours ago||

I think you might be the one with trouble conflating the EU and Europe. You do know they're not the same thing, right?

breve 4 hours ago|||

> Are you aware of the crashing population of Europe though?

How many kids do you have?

flumpcakes 4 hours ago|||

Why do you post the same anti-EU stuff on every thread about anything remotely related to Europe?

tarrant300 5 hours ago|||

Switzerland is not in the EU. That said, if their goal is to get off US big-tech, I feel they're left with Apple for hardware and Google for software, realistically.

londons_explore 5 hours ago|||

Even North Korea has it's own OS, network and application suite...

Switzerland could totally be fully computer-independant if they wanted to be.

lpcvoid 5 hours ago|||

What? There's loads of hardware vendors out there. And I'd throw in Linux over google and apple.

boondongle 4 hours ago|||

I'm still fascinated that Ukraine has been going on since 2014 and the EU has spent more time and air trying to go after US industries than Russian ones or Chinese. You'd think the US had actually captured Greenland.

Anyway I get it - just, odd to think about. Passion accounts for a lot.

dijit 4 hours ago||

You kidding?

Russian anything is completely off the table in europe..

There’s no discussion because it’s hard to discuss the absolute nothing that is happening.

boondongle 4 hours ago||

The Russian oil ban only occurred 8 years after the start of this. 2022. Russia had already taken European land for 8 years prior firmly backed by China. I won't even get into the Russian oil hair-pinning back to Europe via 3rd parties.

Again - all this action is within 1 and change years of Trump. It's a fairly visible difference in reaction. I just find it weird, that's all.

mohamedkoubaa 5 hours ago|||

None of them care about Microsoft's shareholder value

nxm 5 hours ago||

Nil

mistercheph 4 hours ago||

Year of the Linux desktop!

jandrewrogers 6 hours ago|

Don't we all.

fsflover 4 hours ago||

Some of us have already done that.

stynbeck 4 hours ago||

Yes we do