Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by michelsedgh on Saturday February 07, 2026 @09:46AM
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But they still chose an American company, github, lol ironic
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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by seszett on Saturday February 07, 2026 @10:09AM
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There's nothing ironic, as since the GP said there is no risk associated with GitHub. Git fundamentally prevents vendor lock-in and tampering, and the project is open, so the US have no leverage and pose no threat at all here.
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by michelsedgh on Saturday February 07, 2026 @11:14AM
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its not about leverage or threat, same as the office products, the french owned their docs at the end of the day, i thought it was about sovereignty and using french alternatives?
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by Normal_gaussian on Saturday February 07, 2026 @01:01PM
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If you have the docs, but not the means to (legally) read and edit them, do you really own them?
When MS pulls services you are largely screwed.
When GitHub pulls services its a few hours downtime and a new provider.
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by michelsedgh on Saturday February 07, 2026 @02:14PM
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U are so dumb, its not even worth arguing with you. How different is owning the docs than owning the source code? if u own the docs even if they pull their services you download them and idk use microsoft office or libreoffice u own the docs... Where is the logic in your comment? are u a bot?
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by gorounditup on Saturday February 07, 2026 @07:24PM
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You’re reasoning with a troll who doesn’t care about reason. Save your brainpower.
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by nolroz on Saturday February 07, 2026 @10:02AM
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It's the code that's hosted on GitHub, not the documents. Easier to move, easier to negotiate a move. You get visibility and easy distribution until they feel the need to bail.
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by faust201 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @10:21AM
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With that argument we are discussing this on...errr US - the organization that perhaps grew those companies.
The word is not ironic it is pragmatic.
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by SideburnsOfDoom on Sunday February 08, 2026 @04:41AM
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> Yet they still participate in GitHub. Ironic! Lol.
Literally the "gotcha" fool from the Matt Bors cartoon: https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/