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Re:Austrian Ministry Kicks Out Microsoft in Favor of Nextcloud by tsimionescu on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @05:23PM (#45739409)
> corruption requires costs you cannot verify after delivery.

No, that is plain fraud. Corruption is paying so that no one notices or cares about the the costs that can't be justified after delivery.

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Re:Austrian Ministry Kicks Out Microsoft in Favor of Nextcloud by 1oooqooq on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @07:09PM (#45754297)
i guess your pedantry is right. it would be much more expensive to pay for corruption without the "safety" of some well executed fraud... but now it's open season and nobody even have to care about looking innocent anymore.
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