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Re:Nantes Métropole completes switch to LibreOffice by jmnicolas on Thursday March 24, 2016 @11:00AM (#11353304)
So you propose that French public sector data be sent on American servers ?
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Re:Nantes Métropole completes switch to LibreOffice by arethuza on Thursday March 24, 2016 @12:02PM (#11353898)
Microsoft has quite a few hosting locations in Europe - Ireland, Netherlands, Finland, Austria:

https://www.microsoft.com/online/legal/v2/?docid=25

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Re:Nantes Métropole completes switch to LibreOffice by vetinari on Thursday March 24, 2016 @12:40PM (#11354274)
Microsoft is still subject of US jurisdiction, having few hosting locations outside US will not change that.

It would be reckless for any non-US government to use any non-local services. (For exactly this reason, governments usually build their own datacentres).

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