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Agree entirely. In fact we need to stop using proprietary software full stop and stop using SaaS and hosted platforms to save cost and shift liability. They're all the same turd rolled in different coloured glitter.

The current company I'm working for are a little pissed off with this whole Microsoft reading their email thing and have started to plan moving their exchange installation on-site from Office 365.

Microsoft still win due to lock in...

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Right, MS still wins. But for how long? American companies looking at difficult times due all this issues. Why should German or French companies rely on MS or Apple or Intel products when they have to face industrial spying. I don't even want to know the extent of the advantage american companies have gained due to NSA and othera spying.

… because American software is usually very competitive – going national usually results in using sub-par software at higher prices. And your clients usually will not pay for these increased costs – and your competition will mostly still use the best software available, i.e., usually American software.

Hm, American software, that's a rather vague definition.

I agree – maybe I should have written from American developers.

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