[vox] The Trump Factor In Linux Growth

[Brian E. Lavender]

On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 06:08:38PM -0700, Bob Scofield wrote:
> It appears that, as a result of the chaos spread by the Trump regime, France
> is moving its government computers to Linux as a way to gain digital
> sovereignty:
> 
> https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/france-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-to-reduce-reliance-on-us-tech/
> 
> There are other articles and videos on European countries moving away from
> U.S. digital products. One of the more interesting is this video on the
> German government banning Microsoft file formats from being used at any
> level of German government from the federal to the municipal:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7jYaEJ8LFU
> 
> Bob

This is an interesting factor for the growth of Free software for sure!

Brian
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