Re: [libreoffice-marketing] The Microsoft dilemma

Il 20/04/24 11:42, Bastien Guerry ha scritto:
> Hi Paolo,
>
> I cannot use youtube right now: could you share a written summary?
>
> Thanks!
No.  Here is a kind of description from another page:


https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=duaYLW7LQvg


"Wanna Cry" was just the latest wake-up call: the cyber attack with the 
blackmail Trojan hit hundreds of thousands of computers in over 100 
countries in May 2017. But how can only one malware program paralyze 
companies, hospitals and even intelligence services all over the world 
at the same time? The answer has a name: Microsoft.

A film by Harald Schumann and Árpád Bondy

Find the full-length interviews from this film here: 
youtube.com/c/HaraldSchumannOnTheTrail

Many state and public administrations from Helsinki to Lisbon operate 
with the software of the US corporation. It makes them vulnerable for 
hackers and spies, violates European public procurement law, blocks 
technical progress and costs Europe dearly.
Harald Schumann and his Investigate Europe research team have spoken to 
insiders and managers throughout Europe about this. Martin Schallbruch, 
the former head of IT at the German Government, reports how the states 
are becoming increasingly dependent on Microsoft. A top Dutch lawyer 
describes how the EU Commission and governments are violating European 
procurement law. In France, the Ministry of Defence has bypassed 
parliament in concluding secret contracts with Microsoft, so Senator 
Joelie Garriaud-Maylam now wants to set up a committee of inquiry. The 
Hamburg data protection officer Johannes Caspar warns that the Microsoft 
systems could expose private data of citizens to investigation by the US 
secret services. Internal documents prove that the Federal Office for 
Information Security shares this mistrust.
Both the European Parliament and the German Bundestag have therefore 
repeatedly called for state IT systems to be converted to open source 
software that can be tested by Europe's own security authorities. 
Italy's army has also begun this change, tells Italian general Camillo 
Sileo. The same is true for police authorities in France and Lithuania 
or the cities of Rome and Barcelona. But why do most governments oppose 
against the alternatives, or even - as in the case of the city of Munich 
- return into the arms of the monopolist Microsoft? Andrup Ansip, EU 
Commissioner for the Digital Single Market and other stakeholders face 
the questions.



What an excellent documentary. Unfortunately, the EU is full of 
bureaucrats who either don't care, or have a vested interest in 
maintaining the status quo. It is impossible to argue that they are 
acting in the best interests of the European Union.

I was so ashamed and angered when I visited the EU website to watch a 
debate in EU parliament, only to discover I needed to install 
Microsoft's Silverlight to do so - something that is not available Linux 
(and no, "Moonlight" didn't work).

As an EU taxpayer, I find this reprehensible, and borderline illegal. 
There are open alternatives out there. This isn't "democracy" at all - 
it's "democracy if you use Microsoft products". The EU should hang its 
head in shame!!!



On the same subject:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321219/lobbying-expenses-of-microsoft-eu/

https://www.lobbyfacts.eu/datacard/microsoft-corporation?rid=0801162959-21

https://corporateeurope.org/en/2021/08/lobby-network-big-techs-web-influence-eu

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/09/11/tech-companies-spend-more-than-100-million-a-year-on-eu-digital-lobbying


I am working since years to build a world based on open source, circular 
economy and renewable energy.  But some people are using heavy 
weapons.      Don't politicians know governments, schools and 
universities are using taxpayers' money ?


Paolo


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