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Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS

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hashar · 1790331551 · focus · HN ↗
France government has announced NixOS based systems some months ago:
- <a href="https://github.com/cloud-gouv/securix" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cloud-gouv/securix a hardened/secured os
- <a href="https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example an example to use securix to build an office deployment (with some packages <a href="https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example/blob/main/common/tools.nix" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example/blob/main/co... )
1. pranxxter · 1790333706 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. kthartic · 1790334003 · focus · HN ↗
    Does it? The EU isn't a single country like the US - it's a partnership of 27 separate countries.
    If one country in the UN adopted some new OS, we wouldn't expect every other country (incl the US) to adopt it too.
    pranxxter · 1790335096 · focus · HN ↗
    That's an accurate description of the status quo, but it's also a good example of massive inefficiencies in the EU.
    FWIW, I'm not saying that I would expect the EU to do a better job than the Dutch government. Likely quite the opposite. But it's frustrating as passionate European... that these problems aren't tackled on a union level. You'd think that's their job? The EU will never compete if it stays a loose partnership of 27 countries, and if it can't even get France, Germany, and the Netherlands to work on this together instead of running 3 separate projects...
    tweetle_beetle · 1790340925 · focus · HN ↗
    This is the equivalent of two competing startups getting an advantage over an enterprise, just at government scale. It's a good thing.
    Two competing products emerge, they are battle tested, opinions form, reviews are conducted. At that point it's a much better time for a significantly larger organisation to create a more focused realistic plan based on learnings and outcomes.
    Imagine the analysis paralysis that would set in if the EU tried it from scratch - years of requirements gathering, pilots, reports...

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