It'll be interesting to see how large microsoft's footprint is in the country after this. The article talks about the government's objectives, but I wonder how the private sector will react.
skullone 2 days ago [-]
That's it? That's the article?
orca-pet 1 days ago [-]
damn finally
hulitu 2 days ago [-]
Because Linux is "European" in spite of main development and control being in US.
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