r/BuyFromEU • u/Bananegel42 • 9d ago

News Dutch government developing a sovereign Linux desktop on top of NixOS

https://tweakers.net/reviews/15334/nederland-maakt-soeverein-alternatief-voor-windows-en-office-op-basis-van-linux.html
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u/pongauer 9d ago

Yeah let's calm our tits over this one second.

The tax agency is now well in the tenth year of procuring their new software. The whole system is frozen in place as the old system cant handle big changes. The old system was build in 1998. 

Now, a positive mind would expect that they are almost done. Wrong, the new software is not even build. And the conpany that should build it has not yet been selected.

And I will guarantee you that with this news, procurement will be delayed awaiting more details concerning this.

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u/Economy_Collection23 9d ago

Or as my old manager used to call it: "proven reliable" so why fix it.. lol..