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Canadians are playing defensive. They really need to go on the offensive.

  • Get all Government departments and Crown Corporations to cancel Microsoft Office. Use LibreOffice.

  • Get all Government departments and Crown Corporations to cancel Microsoft Windows. Use Linux.

  • Ban all foreign linked consulting firms (McKinsey, Bain) from obtaining any government contract.

  • Announce a $100 million Canadian fund to support opensource software like Krita, Gimp, Kdenlive, Inkscape. Time to take down Adobe.

  • Cancel the F-35. Buy old F-16s instead. It’s better to have 5 planes that fly than one expensive plane that doesn’t work.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    C’mon you Canadian IT guys. Put a package together with solid plan to switch over. That’s the hardest part. Once done, selling it will be easy, based on the license fee money saved. Don’t forget to make some profit, but don’t get greedy like the big boys. Let’s go!