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A comment on France's homegrown open source online office suite. Parent comment

Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by bigfudge on Saturday February 07, 2026 @10:13AM (#46924491)
This is pre MAGA thinking. Investing in strategic industries that otherwise pose systemic risk to European economies wouldn’t be our first choice, but it’s now necessary.
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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by abtinf on Saturday February 07, 2026 @10:43AM (#46924732)
It’s called mercantilism. It was thoroughly refuted hundreds of years ago.
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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by braiamp on Saturday February 07, 2026 @11:14AM (#46924956)
Yes, but apparently the biggest players now abuse their comparative advantage positions. So, we are back to mercantilism to the detriment of all humanity.
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