For better or worse, western governments are well past the size at which different parts find themselves in tension with other parts. Recognizing that helps understand why they act the way they do.
It is entirely possible for one part of a government to want to promote use of strong crypto, while another part has a mission that essentially requires them to do the opposite.
Welcome to modern statecraft in representative democracy.
> When the BSI (Germany's Federal Office for Information Security)
> migrated back from Linux to Windows, a need to migrate their
> end-to-end encryption solution, based on GnuPG and KMail, was needed.
What was the reason for going from Linux -> Windows? The original Windows -> Linux had plenty of articles about this, but I can't find any (english) articles on this change.
It absolutely supports my claim if you actually read what I posted. Per the link:
>Microsoft Germany’s headquarters in Munich, which opened its doors four years ago, was designed with the modern workplace in mind, to ensure that employees and visitors alike are in an environment which truly gets the best out of them.
Furthermore, 2014 or 2016 - claiming that Munich is switching back to Windows due to Microsoft building a new headquarters without any factual basis for the claim, especially when the HQ was committed to long before the switch was announced, is libel at best.
> but I can't find any (english) articles on this change.
Honestly, that’s probably because it’s not considered particularly news worthy to anyone in the general public beyond the German taxpayers that may see a slight increase in taxes. Outside of the HN type crowd it likely sounds perfectly normal to use office and windows at work.
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[ 4.7 ms ] story [ 50.3 ms ] threadIt is entirely possible for one part of a government to want to promote use of strong crypto, while another part has a mission that essentially requires them to do the opposite.
Welcome to modern statecraft in representative democracy.
> When the BSI (Germany's Federal Office for Information Security)
> migrated back from Linux to Windows, a need to migrate their
> end-to-end encryption solution, based on GnuPG and KMail, was needed.
What was the reason for going from Linux -> Windows? The original Windows -> Linux had plenty of articles about this, but I can't find any (english) articles on this change.
More info here: https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170301-01.html
You’re probably going to need to cite that bold of a claim… Microsoft opened their German HQ in Munich in 2014.
https://news.microsoft.com/europe/features/microsoft-in-muni...
They seem to have moved in 2016
> Opened in October 2016, the modern office building is the ideal venue for hosting contemporary work solutions.
https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-calls-new-german-headquart...
>Microsoft Germany’s headquarters in Munich, which opened its doors four years ago, was designed with the modern workplace in mind, to ensure that employees and visitors alike are in an environment which truly gets the best out of them.
Furthermore, 2014 or 2016 - claiming that Munich is switching back to Windows due to Microsoft building a new headquarters without any factual basis for the claim, especially when the HQ was committed to long before the switch was announced, is libel at best.
Honestly, that’s probably because it’s not considered particularly news worthy to anyone in the general public beyond the German taxpayers that may see a slight increase in taxes. Outside of the HN type crowd it likely sounds perfectly normal to use office and windows at work.
https://www.techrepublic.com/google-amp/article/end-of-an-op...
https://github.com/jackjack-jj/jeeq