France is ditching Microsoft Windows and so should Australia, but will it?

AS many (European) nations ditch the 'surveillance state' products that emanate from the head of the Five Eyes snake, many others are locked in to feed the beast.

If a nation that governs approximately 70 million people can abandon closed source data hoovering monopolised operating system, there is no technical reason why fascist rulers governing a colony of approximately 28 million tax slaves cannot do the same.

The real reason is political, where the lawmakers, politicians, bureaucrats are not "public servants", but rather corporate whores, subservient to 'Big Tech', Big Pharma, Big (Four) Banks, et al.

The Australian population/serfs/plebs are nothing more than another 'resource' to be fully exploited.

Australian governments are putting the people's data/privacy in danger since all that data goes to Microsoft where we do not know where else it goes and who they sell it to.

See the following article from pcmag.com of the title:

France Kicks Windows to the Curb, Pivots to Linux OS

David Amiel, France’s Minister of Public Action and Accounts, said his country must 'break free' and 'become less reliant on American tools.'

Amid strained relationships between the Trump administration and the EU, numerous politicians in the bloc have discussed pivoting away from US technology firms in the interests of national security, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Now, France has announced it’s moving some of its government systems away from Windows towards the open-source operating system Linux, following Denmark and parts of Germany announcing similar departures from Microsoft products earlier this year.

David Amiel, France’s Minister of Public Action and Accounts, said his country must “break free” and “become less reliant on American tools.”

“We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, and our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control,” Amiel said in a statement first spotted by TechCrunch.

Linux, as it is open source, means you can run software without using an OS controlled and designed by an American firm—for example, Apple or Microsoft, as in the case of iOS and Windows. France’s government digital agency, DINUM, will be the first to make the jump, with other parts of government following at a later date.

The news comes after France announced it would be migrating its national healthcare database from US-based providers to an unnamed new platform earlier this month. It’s also set to pivot from using Microsoft Teams for video conferencing to the French-made tool Visio across all government departments.

Independence from US tech enjoys broad support in much of the EU. Around two-thirds of EU citizens support greater independence from American technology, according to recent market research from YouGov, particularly in areas like data storage and video conferencing. However, roughly four in ten thought independence was unrealistic.

In January, a clear majority of European lawmakers voted to adopt a report on technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure that directs the European Commission to find ways to reduce its reliance on foreign technology providers in areas like semiconductors, cloud infrastructure, software, and AI systems.

If you truly value your online privacy, then you would not use Microsoft's products.

See also the same topic from another source:

The EU is Ditching WhatsApp and So Should YOU!

"WhatsApp is also not truly secure, no matter what Meta tells you"

NEVER forget the the creep Zuckerberg LIES to an authority (Congress) so why should he not lie to his 'products' you know the people that use his platforms.

See report:

TOP REPORT: Mark Zuckerberg Lied to Congress. We Can’t Trust His Testimony.

Never trust what the pervert says, especially when it's to the goyím (né cattle).

Keep in mind that he's a government 'resource' as he's operating under the Five-Eyes 'Anglosphere' surveillance network.

See under 10 minute video from TLDR News EU:

IF you truly value your products, you will not use Meta products, where YOU are the product, how ironic.

JB Hi-Fi Rip Off Merchants?

The retail business in Australia is pretty simple or at the least one would think so.

You import something (as Australia for all intents and purposes doesn’t ‘make’ anything anymore except an excellent clown show at the expense of Aussie taxpayers) put a markup on it that is reasonable to afford profit and running costs.

What’s not OK is to sell old stock at a rip-off price as if that object was to be bought at the (higher) price of a newer model with a higher markup, as it’s accepted by the petrochemical giants.

 

In this snapshot sample from early April 2026, JB Hi-Fi is selling a current model (released Aug 2025) Google Pixel 10 Pro XL (6.8“ screen) with 265GB of storage for $1597, whereas they are also selling a two generation old, released Oct 2023, Google Pixel 8 Pro (6.7“ screen) with only 128GB for $1687, where simple maths will tell you that it’s $90 more than a newer model with double the storage.

While the nomenclature, "Pro XL" v "Pro" it's essentially the same phone size albeit the upgrade version.

What’s worse is that this sort of action hasn’t caught the eye of the authorities?

Well it looks like the place is still a “lucky country”, (side fact - at law Australia is still a colony) but for whom?

Do your due diligence before spending your hard earned cash (unless you're a tradie in the building industry and you're ripping off customers), as some retailers to not act conscionably. 

PLEASE NOTE:

What corporations do, is that IF they're caught out and going to be taken to court, meaning the matter is accepted by the legal system, i.e. a filing is made, then they settle out of court (that way the matter is not listed for a hearing) where if you are to receive 'compensation' then they shut you up by 'forcing' you to sign their NDA or you will not get compensated.

This is how fraud and corruption is kept out of the public eye in this "lucky country".

NEVER accept that this nation isn't rife with corruption.

It's highly dependent on it.