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Denmark's two largest cities are abandoning Microsoft, due to political risks, following European trend of seeking independence from US tech solutions
The recent disconnection of the ICC's chief prosecutor, at the behest of the American administration, could not have come at a worse time for Microsoft. Just a month prior, the folks from Redmond tried to assure Europe that all was well. That any speculation Europeans could get cut off from critical digital infrastructure was just fear...
The recent disconnection of the ICC's chief prosecutor, at the behest of the American administration, could not have come at a worse time for Microsoft. So this is a big deal!The chairman of the Copenhagen committee who pushed this forward made this comment to Danish media: If, theoretically, the relationship to the US gets worse, we could fear that Microsoft would be forced to shut everything down. In fact, Microsoft is by far and away the single biggest dependency, so it makes perfect sense to start the quest for digital sovereignty there.Sadly, this is not an uncommon conclusion from people who work inside the belly of bureaucracies for too long.
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