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Estonian state trialing IT system free from US tech giants (news.err.ee)
submitted 17 hours ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The Estonian state is to analyze how viable it would be to reduce dependence on U.S. tech giants such as Microsoft, Google or Amazon for its software.

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[–] Mora@pawb.social 10 points 12 hours ago

Don't let good be the enemy of perfect here. Most systems wont be replaced in a year but even with tiny steps you can reach a milestone. It is extremely important to reduce dependence on other states for the own state to function, especially if it is led by a nazi orange.