The same would apply to public utility companies. Doen't change the fact that they have an independent agency

One should keep in mind how Microsoft hehaved in Brussels in the past. It has a legacy of worst lobbying. Now we see the likes ot BSA and CCIA prepared to go after the Tech Sovereignty Package. These policies have strong acking from MEPs, get involved in dirty lobbying, hire tobacco lobbyists again and you will end like the toacco industry. Brussels politicians are completely fed up with Microsoft. There is nothing Lisa Monaco can do.

The EU Commission does not run ENISA which is an EU agency.

Nobody does AI on Linux so it makes so much more sense to keep playing three legged racing with Microsoft tied to you. NOT.
NVidia has always been tied to MSFT and their Linux software has always looked like it was done by a single NVidia employee after hours in the basement office.
Besides, Windows is sooo 'yesterday' no matter how much Microsoft pays Qualcomm or NVidia to tie themselves up with.

LoB

The journalist was able to retrofind her using undisclosed facial recognition software after she had been found.

It would not surprise me if that was simply a use of semantic tagging of the Google image search engine of fotos found after her whereabouts were revealed.

Also, Germans strongly politically oppose surveillance software as does their legal system. If there is a national able to generate a movement to break free from BigTech, Germany is a good candidate.

Anyway, if you want to put such software to good use, we still don't know where her terrorist colleagues are, Nr Staub and Mr Garweg
https://www.lka.polizei-nds.de...
If you find these using such software, that would make a convincing sales argument.

The problem is most parts of Europe is not water supply but drainage. So let's have some data centers and aqua culture farms, and heat some households with it.

The city of Berne in Switzerland just commissioned a study concerning switching to Open Desk from M365. According to the text of the study practically all topics are met, according to the press release and the news reporting we are not ready yet. In any case, the Netherlands has the capacity to change the market, if it costs a few billions, it costs a few billions to get things ready and close the gap. We need to wind off our public service from Microsoft. The actions taken here clearly cross the line. This is the equivalent to a declaration of digital market war.

The Background is that the US Congress harasses European regulators with made up allegations against their Digital Services Act. We cannot accept these transgressions. The task is to break free from the Microsoft dependency, quickly.

It makes a difference if you sail against the wind in innovation markets. The US would have to catch up a lot.

Tesla's marketing is excellent bur they rarely produce cars. so now we hear yet another claim about a car but who trusts them anymore. Do they even ship the car?

In the future all gaming consoles will be based on open source operating systems. I am not sure, Microsoft is ready tyet o make that move for XBox.

In other words, all the relevant regulation will be made in Brussels.

(Anyway, the EO was a really bad instrument, so good riddance)

The only thing that can rescue Windows security is releasing the source code.

Mirosoft should just recognise the changed industriaö landscape and release Windows 11 as open source, so we can quickly discover and fix all the security issues, and enable all these customisations. I always thought Nadella would have the courage to do that.