Digital sovereignty isn't just a buzzword – it's the future

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Subtitle: "Linux Foundation Europe boss predicts EU will run as fast as it can from US tech companies"

Reality: Linux Foundation Europe boss desperately hopes that the EU will actually do more than endlessly talk, squander money, and tout a few symbolic little projects.

France enters the chat.https://www.zdnet.com/article/france-leaves-windows-for-linu...

Yes. And France has a history of taking its sovereignty a bit more seriously, for us to take the article's "ministries should submit their plans by fall..." a bit more seriously.

But even if that goes perfectly...France is only one of 20+ countries in the EU. The great majority of which are far less well-positioned to do anything similar.

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