"What protects Europe is the ability to govern, audit, and mitigate risk, not where a company files its corporate papers," said Thomas Boue of BSA.
That would be true if the company could ignore the law of the country where it files it's papers. Then again you govern by enacting laws that impose conditions that companies have to follow therefore it's not for BSA to tell Europe how to govern.
Look at Microsoft history and then tell me about alternatives. If Microsoft sold MSOffice from the start there would be no MSOffice today. If the US is so great why are so many US companies based in Ireland?
Nationalism is basic social welfare for billionaires. Look at MAGA how it's destroying the constitution for the sake of Merica and its billionaires. Hurrah!
Europe is approaching this as some flex on the US because the US with it's orange clown decided that that's what needs to happen. It's not just Europe.
The company assumes no responsibility when selling software but the user needs to assume responsibly when they find something wrong with the software.
Sorry but the company needs to take better care of it's customers if it wants it's customers to care about the company.
The other option is to seize the company assets within the country on espionage charges.
The reason I choose hardware is that they support open source. No or unfavourable support means I won't even consider it even if it's intended to run Windows.
others call it levies...this way we pay so some rich folk can continue to lobby the elected.
They got a bad rap because they put out garbage that failed and they left the customers deal with their garbage. It's not that something has a defect, it's how the manufacturer deals with it.
The F-150 is not a good example. My brother-in-law owned one because he had a friend that was a Ford mechanic and only paid for parts. He had a few recurring issues.
I don't get the "loyal customer" comment. Did Ford do something special for you or did Ford give you the product they advertised in exchange for your hard earned cash?
For me Ford represents the worst experience I've ever received from a car dealer and a manufacturer. They basically said the lemon is your problem. Never bought a Ford since.
I've owned European, Asian, and North American vehicles and have never had a another company abandon their product like Ford. For me a vehicle is a tool like a server, if it doesn't run and meet my needs then the warranty better be respected. Just imagine how you would be treated if your payment was defective.
Customers have met their obligations for years, where is the loyalty towards customers. All we seem to be receiving in return is enshitification.
Question # 1; How do you get the world to subscribe to this?
Question # 2; If parents can't be bothered to supervise their kids what makes you think that this will work?
I have many more questions but just these 2 tell me that this is already just theatre to make some feel good. If you are using your phone then forget about privacy.
Quantity or quality because the one I care the most about doesn't work well on Chrome.
It's going to take 25 years. 10 years to end long-term agreements with Microsoft, 10 years to transition and another 5 years of pain and suffering while trying to use Linux as a reliable desktop before realising that they need to switch back to Windows.
I don't think you know the meaning of the word reliable.
Windows is proprietary. In my experience Windows is not as reliable as Linux.
I've been administering systems remotely, thousands of miles apart, for over 30 years and never had an issue with systems not coming up until SystemD was introduced.
I'm not saying it hasn't happened to you but the choices you make generate your results. I prioritize stability, reliability and security so I never had an issue.
Labels like 'tribal kneejerk anti-SystemD people" don't help the converstation. There are people who believe their is a right tool for the job. A Swiss army knife is great for emergencies but you never see a carpenter using it as a main tool.
Hydro-Quebec is owned by the government and all the profits go to the government and helps paying the cost of running the government like education, roads and social programs etc.
Just like every other tax collected by the government. You didn't mention the cost overruns of SAAQClick, nor the disaster that is the road network that is falling apart or the construction of a hospital parking lot instead of fixing a hospital that is crumbling with water cascading from years of negligence.
Yes Quebec has an abundance of hydro electric power due to the appropriation of land and assets. You make it sound like a utopia when reality is more middle ground.
and yet just this week how much oil is released from reserves? Why do we even have oil reserves? I won't even go into the subsidizing of oil and ICE.
If subsidizing isn't a plan then we should do away with all.
It's not as if masked police can pick you up and detain you with no access to legal representation. Oh wait, they can. They did it to to legal US citizens as well.
The US constitution is not worth the paper it's printed on with the current administration. The fact that there is a risk that you can just be deported anywhere is just nuts.
Not to mention that crossing the border makes you feel like a criminal with finger prints and cell phone searches. Canadians and Americans used to cross the border just by showing a drivers license.
What's really stupid is people defending this illegal action.
There are no data that cannot be plotted on a straight line if the axis are chosen correctly.
