Maybe they can pick up where Intel left off in kernel code contributions.

Quote from: Trent on April 14, 2026, 12:09:17I want it to succeed, but I really doubt.

You underestimate French's stubbornness.

I want it to succeed, but I really doubt. I worked in government organizations, you really need to apply an enormous amount of efforts to change all these established for years processes, tied to Windows. Their performance will drop significantly and it will take 10+ years to switch. Ideally they will need some dev team to tailor ,whatever linux distro they choose, for their needs. I hope that they understand that.

More likely they will struggle and wait until Trump is replaced and new president becomes friendly with EU again and they will return to MS..

This could potentially have a ripple effect of many other EU countries doing it if it's successful, which would be huge.

They might do it correct this time since it seems more like a national effort now rather than just one small town or city.

Quote from: Congratulations on April 14, 2026, 08:18:53toto1234, just because it was terrible (if it was), doesn't mean one has to give up and never try again.

This.

toto1234, just because it was terrible (if it was), doesn't mean one has to give up and never try again.

It will, of course, turn out into a catastrophe.

The french government is notorious for botching every single IT/tech project it undertakes

It's also not the first time this has happened.
Years ago, some french city halls tried this exact same move and it was terrible, and had to rollback to Microsoft in the end.