In peaceful times, people cling to broken systems simply because “that’s how it’s always been done”. Comfort is a prison.

This crisis is a great opportunity to screw Microsoft.

Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder.

Canadians should be agressively lobbying their politicians to embrace Linux and the open source ecosystem. Call your representatives. Write to your city council. Contact your town IT department. Do it now.

OC text by @Ziip@lemmy.zip

  • kbal@fedia.io
    29·
    1 day ago

    Even in Europe where they’re more serious about such things they are approaching the idea only very slowly. Governments in Canada are so comfy in that prison that they’ve forgotten the outside world even exists. Couldn’t hurt to try and remind them I guess, but don’t expect them to believe you.

    • nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 day ago

      I heartily agree Europe should step up the speed, but for a lot of government systems it is not so easily done. Metric shit tons of legacy data, legacy apps and legacy connections to the outside world that need to be kept alive will heavily impede the changes.
      Of course, Microsoft and other companies like Oracle absolutely designed it this way, but the fact remains - it is a very difficult task.

      • stravanasu@lemmy.ca
        3·
        1 day ago

        They designed it this way indeed. And on top of that, politicians then (just like today) were not capable nor competent to think enough ahead.

    • Orion Ussner kidder@mas.to
      4·
      1 day ago

      @kbal @Ziip @cm0002 Very accurate, yes. And to be fair to Europe, switching over from MS to open-source *should* be done slowly and carefully. That’s a lot of vital data, and fumbling it could seriously harm a lot of people. Thinks of the court system alone.

      • Orion Ussner kidder@mas.to
        5·
        1 day ago

        @kbal @Ziip @cm0002 Canada detaching from the US economy is a similarly monumental undertaking as Europe getting off US tech, but I think you’re right that our political class can’t even get there in their minds. They see a huge task and don’t even want to start.

  • FreeBooteR69@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    24 hours ago

    I’ve been using Linux since 2006. I’m doing my part.

    🍁True North Strong and Free 🍁

  • ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.caEnglish
    6·
    1 day ago

    For everything else, like Windows, Office, Teams ,etc. That’s easy.

    But, every single business I worked at in the past 5+ years have been on Either MS Azure Cloud or AWS. Replacing cloud infra services is going to be very difficult. No other business has the level of sophistication these companies have. This could be a really big challenge.

    Yes we could go back to on-prem hosting, but that means increased costs of all kinds. And we all know how much hardware costs these days.

      • ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.caEnglish
        3·
        23 hours ago

        I’m not talking about individuals or mom and pop shops. I’m talking major banks in Canada, big corporations, etc. They need stuff like Data Factory, DataBricks, Functionapps, Logicapps, solid redundancy across multiple regions, etc.

    • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev
      4·
      1 day ago

      I tried to go back to on prem several years ago. The DC got bought up by IBM, service went to shit, and I was forced to migrate out of there, either to another of the IBM’s DCs or elsewhere. Waiting weeks for new disks to be ordered every time we started getting close to storage capacity for the DB isn’t a great experience either.

      • Dave.@aussie.zone
        3·
        18 hours ago

        Owned by Akami now for 4 years, I think.

        I’ve several small linodes and have been using the platform since 2018 or so. No difference seen so far in the linode plans or features I’m using with Akami, except for more in-depth monitoring available (for a price).

  • rozodru@piefed.worldEnglish
    51·
    1 day ago

    As someone who has contracted for a few Canadian government agencies…oof good luck. I know Europe is making the switch, slowly, but in Canada it would take A LOT longer. Many systems are still on Windows 7. Many have ONLY just transitioned to 10 and even fewer to 11. Probably the most up to date one would be Ontario’s Employment Services. Only just got them on laptops so they could be mobile as opposed to using ancient dells. Add to the fact the vast majority of software they use is custom and build specifically for older Window installations. I shudder to think how long and how much it would cost to get that stuff working on Linux but man kudos to whomever takes that contract, they’ll make bank.

    But yeah. Don’t get me wrong I’d love to see it but I don’t see it happening in my life time and i’m in my mid 40s.

      • rozodru@piefed.worldEnglish
        5·
        23 hours ago

        100% they’re A. outdated and B. need to change. what I’m saying is it will take a VERY long time i.e. i’ll be dead and in the ground by the time they complete the transition.

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
    31·
    1 day ago

    Do it! Do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it