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Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS

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solarkraft · 1790327717 · focus · HN ↗
Awesome! I believe NixOS is perfect for systems you just want to work and track reproducibly, like appliances (which a lot of server software is supposed to be). I’m glad people smarter than me are actually able to realize its advantages =)
In the same space, also check out openDesk initiated by the German Government (<a href="https://www.opendesk.eu/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.opendesk.eu/en) and La Suite by the French one (<a href="https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/" rel="nofollow">https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/).
AFAIK, there has been some collaboration with the German government on La Suite, not sure about the others.
1. mastermage · 1790327966 · focus · HN ↗
  This realy would be a great way to foster collaboration within the EU. To create an own independant Ecosystem outside of the microsoft world.
  1. steinwinde · 1790339490 · focus · HN ↗
    Isn't it counterproductive for every European country with a bit of extra money to develop its own open source software stack?
    Don't the stakeholders perceive this as a problem, too?
    Or is it inevitable, given how differently these bureaucracies are structured?
    selfhoster1312 · 1790405056 · focus · HN ↗
    It's not just a structure problem. The needs are different. And monoculture is always bad, so developing a plurality of solutions is a good idea.
    I'm not saying every small administration of a 200-souls village needs to do this, but on the scale of a nation who has a GAFAM budget in the hundreds of millions of euros (probably, haven't made the calculation), it's not crazy to invest a few million on a side project like this to reduce dependency.

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