At a time of growing concern over the power of the world’s mighty tech companies, one German state is turning its back on US giant Microsoft.

In less than three months’ time, almost no civil servant, police officer or judge in Schleswig-Holstein will be using any of Microsoft’s ubiquitous programs at work.

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    7 hours ago

    You wrote all of that without actually saying anything.

    How does any of…… that…… apply to this situation? Microsoft are one of the biggest pushers of “all digital” there is.

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      6 hours ago

      Their priority is sustaining profit. Which needs them to keep the status quo, not innovate. Teams is not innovation. If you are satisfied with what we have today, the next generation of digital information will really surprise you. Yet it would have been available 30 years ago if not for big business monopolies and lack of imagination among techies.

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        4 hours ago

        Again - you’re writing a lot but saying nothing.

        What exactly are you talking about? Give specifics. What exactly are Microsoft “holding back”? How are they only keeping the status quo by having the most integrated all-in-one ecosystem on the market?

        I’m not sure why you expect teams to be innovative in the first place?