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Europe really can’t even do something as simple as replacing office with all the good options available, but we are pretending they are going to replace Starlink, SpaceX, Anthropic/OpenAI and Tesla…

It’s ridiculous, that an all continent with probably the best educated people on the planet it’s completely stalled for 2 decades now in the hands of some bureocrats in Brussels.

In fact, its worst than ridiculous, it’s shameful.

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I agree that Europe as a collective is lagging behind. But, without the EU it would be much worse. Imagine having to deal with each members’ bureaucracy with rules that might contradict each other. That’s where we were. For trade and collaboration within the EU this is preferable. Even for countries outside this is beneficial: you only need to consider one set of regulations and tariffs.

While writing this, the thought occurs that having a single authority and regulator puts little checks on the amount of regulation. Whereas multiple competing countries could limit it to not have their own industries at a disadvantage. The EU, of course, has this in relation to China, US, etc., so I don’t know…

People like to blame the bureaucrats in Brussels for everything. They have nothing to do with the decision of the Danish government.

You say "all the good options available", but the truth is that there aren't any. Clearly LibreOffice is not a good option for them, for some reason which you are unaware of.

If there is a will there's a way. LibreOffice can have any feature ypu want if you're willing to pay for it. If you're not willing to pay then it wasn't that important to begin with.

Moving to LibreOffice cannot be a money-saving exercise if it's going to work. It has to be a political priority.

then perhaps they can contribute to it?

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