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GroenLinks-PvdA Member of Parliament Barbara Kathmann calls the switch to Microsoft by government agencies "an affront not only to the House of Representatives, but also to Dutch and European businesses." Earlier today, outgoing State Secretary for Taxation Eugรจne Heijnen (BBB) informed the House of Representatives about the switch to Microsoft 365 by the Tax and Customs Administration, the Benefits Agency, and Customs. This means that these services will become dependent on this American software giant for their daily work.

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[โ€“] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 1 points 17 minutes ago

Bribery was the magic ingredient.

[โ€“] mgnome@piefed.social 21 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

According to the State Secretary, this is not possible because there are no comparable European alternatives.

Tin cans with rope is better alternative to Microsoft Teams. ๐ŸŒ

[โ€“] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

It's also bullshit as there certainly are comparable alternatives. French municipalities use LibreOffice, for example.

[โ€“] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 10 points 9 hours ago

Phone calls are superior to MS Teams. In fact 2 person meetings/calls are proven to be way more productive than all those multiple person meetings where everyone just wastes time.

[โ€“] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

I hate that they want you to use desktop apps for everything when the benefit of it all is the web based aspect. I hate google, I would switch back to gsuite in a flat second. M365 sucks in every way.

[โ€“] Akasazh@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago

I wish there was that much anger. This barely shows up in general news media

[โ€“] starlinguk@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

The Dutch government loves both Trump and Putin, what do you expect?

Lol. Welcome to the shithole, Tax and Customs. Broken processes are over there by the hole in the floor everyone uses for a toilet, mandatory shutdowns for emergency patches are when you can least afford it, and no, you canโ€™t turn off the thing. Weโ€™ve all tried.

Hey, knock yourselves out. Maybe you should open a ticket with support!

*raucous laughter*