Europe is slowly ditching Microsoft: why it's happening & why it could fail.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:51 Sponsor: Squarespace
02:09 EU ditching MS products
04:42 Counter example: Munich
05:28 Digital Sovereignty
08:32 The Cost argument
10:57 Why this move is good
14:04 It's still very fragile
17:07 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers



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