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Cake day: September 15th, 2023

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  • I don’t know why the Brexiteers are pumping this narrative again.

    No, I don’t for one minute believe that Macron would jeopardize European security just for fishing rights. There is no way that Poland, Germany and the Netherlands would accept that.

    I do believe that the politicians are working on a slightly grander deal that will restore trade between the UK and EU. Such a deal could be defended on both sides against critics as “a necessary compromise to secure Europe”.

    And Labour will benefit from the economic growth, which they hope will let them keep a majority next elections.







  • I read that Ubuntu is trying to solve this with the Snap Store.

    But to be honest, I’m just not the target demographic for that.

    I honestly think if the EU had continued with rolling out Mandrake and SuSe to public sector employees 20 years ago, Linux would be dominant today. Microsoft lobbied hard to stop it.

    And I think the way forward will be to have a handful of big customers making the switch. Either China or the EU will probably drive this.

    Maybe Huawei might sell MacBook alternatives based on Linux. Or the EU might revisit that old SuSe/Mandrake strategy.