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US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS-based software ecosystem
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this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2026
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US: Let's sanction everyone everywhere all at once!
Also US: Why don't people want to be dependent on US systems? π
Couldn't undermine the country more if they tried, which makes one wonder.
Yep. Trump's actions are no different than what any bad actor would do if they wanted to destroy the USA without invading it.
Destroying what (appearance of) democracy they had as well
And I'm accepting that he does it because he's likely a Russian asset, but why the fuck are the rest of them playing along? You can't tell me they're all being bought.
They want corporate slaves, if the us is governed by the rich and corporations, corporate cities/islands they are trying to build are not needed anymore.
Yea we got a bit of the βinmates are running the asylumβ situation over here.
In the immortal words of the joker(paraphrased) this country needs an enema
we would lose about a third of our human biomass
Oh well
I wish. Organizations and countries/municipalities are far too lazy to make the change.
The time and money involved are both staggering. This isn't about you switching operating systems on your personal laptop.
Where are you going to get support staff anytime soon? All those Windows admins magically switching to Linux overnight?
Hell, Linux offers nothing remotely comparable to the power of Active Directory. That alone will keep Windows in the lead.
And more. This isn't about lazy.
Time + motivation + money can overcome a lot of obstacles. It also helps that template of what is needed already exists in Active Directory. This changes the project from "innovating something new" to "a slightly better copy" and is usually a lot faster and easier.
All copyright/patents are also void because of the sanctions at least in practice.
What is the alternative to AD, and are there currently companies running that, big or small?
At this point, a lot of entities don't need AD because their entire workflow runs in a web browser, and practically any SSO provider will work.
That said, accessing actual computer resources can be managed with groups and ACLs. Perhaps not as elegantly or as well-integrated as AD is, but that's the price you pay.
Red hat IDM, aka freeipa.
Depending on what youre doing you absolutely don't need active directory.
Hell, a lot of orgs are just going entra anyway. If you're using SSO like that or okta or keycloak you likely don't need AD.
I replied elsewhere, but our org has just been so happy with Jumpcloud.
I have worked in big company where linux and windows coexisted, but we were developers so maybe that's why (IT was very strict though).