+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 @bonifartius@qoto.org

@ThatCrazyDude @Sophistifunk wait, a rotating cage is pretty cool!

@dcc @theorytoe @djsumdog have we seen the hole in the ear in footage? i'd be interested in that.

@mangeurdenuage
oh, absolutely. spooks and military are a giant money transfer machinery!

@mangeurdenuage
> That's not how it work everywhere here in france for example in education the licenses are a "gifts" which MS gets taxes deductions on it.

yeah in education the licenses are "free" as well here.

i think the other licenses for the bureaucracy aren't free but the usual volume licensing.

> taxation

may help short term, but it's an arms race ;)

> That's a big part of it but it's also because they're tech illiterates.

then they should ask people who know what they are talking about. they actively choose to believe salespeople instead of doing their job.

i maintain that without corruption it would be no problem to go free software in most places. for example: munich had done LiMux for years, then some friend of MS got elected and they killed the LiMux project going back to MS again.

@mangeurdenuage ah, it's 1.2 billion for all kinds of software licenses, 198 million went to MS. most of the other licensing costs were by things like the defense ministry and ministry of interior so it was spend for spook software.

@mangeurdenuage 1.2 billion in 2023 going to MS from germany alone

@mangeurdenuage
> the proprietary stuff is as big because states buy it.

iirc something german gov recently renewed microsoft software for millions.

@mangeurdenuage
the proprietary stuff is as big because states buy it. i think all these monopolies we have are due to governmental spending (very likely due to "lobbying"/corruption). taxation wouldn't help, they'd tax MS and then just puchase it back with as much in price added as they added taxes in the first place.

all the bullshit they are spending money on. most of which isn't even helping their own population, only enriching their friends (like the pfizer deals). they really need to get _that_ side in order before even thinking about taxing some more or creating more inflation by making more money backed by nothing.

@begsby probier mal die flora incognita app!

if the EU wouldn't do all kinds of virtue signalling bullshit around the globe there would be money left to fund european software projects.

people should really decide what they want.

young wren are soooo tiny

@sun i have a theory that those emigrating are often not the "most popular" in their own countries as well.

there certainly are nice people emigrating as well, but some countries really seem to run an asshole export business.

the nice people absolutely despise the assholes of course as it ruins things for everyone.

@sun it's always wild to hear those stories of indians in canada because there are very few here and the ones that are are acting like normal people.

time to filter "biden" xD

küppersbusch ist der einzige bei der taz mit resten von integrität