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1. jgbudd+Pj[view] [source] 2026-02-03 17:58:24
>>AareyB+(OP)
It's all fun and games until there's an outage, nothing screams efficient like a state-owned tech company
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2. guywit+ez[view] [source] 2026-02-03 18:54:37
>>jgbudd+Pj
Oh wow how did I not know it was state owned! The article keeps referring to "sovereign tech" which I assumed meant sovereign tech companies. I'm all for hating on teams (and sharepoint) but a state owned tech company sounds like an apocalyptically bad idea, and since it's state owned it can't really migrate to other industries/countries, and they likely won't update as quickly as they should as new technologies come around. I get the sharepoint/teams hate but I'm surprised a startup form isn't making more fun of France for this
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3. NicuCa+TE[view] [source] 2026-02-03 19:18:12
>>guywit+ez
The first sentence of the article:

> In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system.

I don't see an issue with government workers using government software. They are not licencing it to businesses or consumers, although with it being open source, I'm sure some will use it.

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