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		traceroute66 on April 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK Blocks Microsoft’s $69B Activision Deal > Edit. Seeing a lot of comments saying UK couldn't function without Microsoft which kind of supports my point. Yup. The NHS (UK National Health Service) is Microsoft's biggest single account for Office/Office365 and probably other stuff too. So I guess add on other parts of UK gov and yeah, "couldn't function without Microsoft" is not far from the truth. I mean, some might argue that the UK government hasn't functioned much since 2016/Brexit anyway, but that's another story. :)

bloqs on April 27, 2023 [–]

Reminds me of the NHS Linux effort, that the CTO faked interest in, then used as a bartering stick to lower the M365 subscription price, then ghosted the NHS Linux devs

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