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bybogaboga ( 793279 ) writes:
"It was very important for us to show that we are doing this primarily (...) to strengthen our digital sovereignty, to maintain our independence in terms of ICT infrastructure and (...) to ensure that data is only processed in-house,"
Let Austria be ready for `retaliation` from the "mighty" USA.
Blackmail, sanctions and further, all that existing complex electronic gadgetry will immediately need some form of license to operate.
I think there's gonna some pain for the Armed Forces.
byleonbev ( 111395 ) writes:
Nah, it won't come to that. Microsoft will just wait for them to get a new CTO, and then offer them a highly discounted Microsoft Office licensing package. We've seen this story before many times on Slashdot, it usually ends the same way every time.
bySique ( 173459 ) writes:
It does not work that way. The "CTO" would be Generalmajor (Major General) Hermann Kaponig, as the commanding officer of the Cybertruppen (Cyber corps). But he has no right to purchase anything, because this would be the task of the Ministry of Defense. On the other hand, the Ministry of Defense would not buy any software the Direktion (directorate) 6 does not condone.
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byleonbev ( 111395 ) writes:
So.... what you're saying is that Microsoft would need to brib... er... "lobby" some higher level government officials to get this ruling changed? They've had no problem doing that in the past, but Austria is pretty small potatoes to their overall business model so they'll probably ignore this for now.
bysound+vision ( 884283 ) writes:
Not all leaders take bribes. Even the ones that do, may have limits to the type of behavior they can be bribed into. They may care more about the sovereignty or welfare of the nation.
I realize this is a foreign concept in US politics, but we are talking about countries where that kind of behavior is at least not actively encouraged and excused by the social/media and large chunks of the voters.
bySique ( 173459 ) writes:
The "higher up" would be the Minister of Defense, and if that fails, the Chancellor of the Republic Austria. But as the head of Direktorat 6 and the Cyber corps is not a political appointee, but a career soldier, it's quite complicated for the Minister of Defense to buy Office Licenses while the head of Direktorat 6 refuses to install it on any army computers.
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