Microsoft getting nervous about Europe's tech independence
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: Brad Smith commits org to facing off with US govt in court to protect them
    • SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de
      11·
      21 days ago

      I’m transitioning my company away from Microsoft.

      Only CAD stations will remain under Microsoft and so far, is going well.

      • SW42@lemmy.world
        6·
        21 days ago

        CAD is a huge pain point for me as well. I used all sorts of packages from PTC when it was still called Pro/E to the Autodesk 3D solutions with a stint of NX in between. Nothing that works on Linux that isn’t o shape is usable for me. I genuinely tried working with freecad but it doesn’t fit me.

        • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
          5·
          20 days ago

          Freecad can’t keep up with professional software with decades of paid development, sadly. It has gone very fast these past 2-3 years compared to being relatively slow before that, but now the SaaS company supporting them is bankrupt so who knows.

          KiCAD on the other hand, is like 50% or more of the way there to match commercial offerings and is mostly missing QoL and productivity features

          • SW42@lemmy.world
            1·
            20 days ago

            Agreed. I actually prefer Kicad to Altium. For the things I do it is more than sufficient.

            • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
              2·
              20 days ago

              I think some things are very necessary for medium or bigger companies:

              • Dynamic Drill Tables, stackup in the spec layer and DRC import export NOT importing from other projects (and not the “DRC file” thing that does not transfer back into the GUI)

              • Fonts

              • Technical assembly drawing exports

              I use it weekly in my own time, but it is difficult to get everyone “synced” on it.

  • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
    7·
    21 days ago

    I think the MS comments have a lot of spin, they have had the capability to keep data in EU or country based silos for years (Source)

    But the Nextcloud comment was interesting

  • Renohren@lemmy.today
    5·
    20 days ago

    I saw that AWS also is pledging something similar.

    Let all those responsible for IT in your company know that the CLOUD act, in the US, gives the government a prerogative access no matter where on earth the data is stored as long as the corporation is registered in the US, so European subsidiaries of US corporations do fall under the CLOUD act.

  • Matty Roses@lemmygrad.ml
    5·
    20 days ago

    The EU should begin pouring large amounts of money into open source solutions then.

    Talk is cheap, but developed code is a dagger straight at one of the few American industries that still make things.