The Microsoft-Dilemma - Europe as a Software Colony (Full Documentary, 2018)
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- "Wanna Cry" was just the latest wake-up call: the cyber attack with the blackmail Trojan hit hundreds of thousands of computers in over 100 countries in May 2017. But how can only one malware program paralyze companies, hospitals and even intelligence services all over the world at the same time? The answer has a name: Microsoft.
A film by Harald Schumann and Árpád Bondy
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Many state and public administrations from Helsinki to Lisbon operate with the software of the US corporation. It makes them vulnerable for hackers and spies, violates European public procurement law, blocks technical progress and costs Europe dearly.
Harald Schumann and his Investigate Europe research team have spoken to insiders and managers throughout Europe about this. Martin Schallbruch, the former head of IT at the German Government, reports how the states are becoming increasingly dependent on Microsoft. A top Dutch lawyer describes how the EU Commission and governments are violating European procurement law. In France, the Ministry of Defence has bypassed parliament in concluding secret contracts with Microsoft, so Senator Joelie Garriaud-Maylam now wants to set up a committee of inquiry. The Hamburg data protection officer Johannes Caspar warns that the Microsoft systems could expose private data of citizens to investigation by the US secret services. Internal documents prove that the Federal Office for Information Security shares this mistrust.
Both the European Parliament and the German Bundestag have therefore repeatedly called for state IT systems to be converted to open source software that can be tested by Europe's own security authorities. Italy's army has also begun this change, tells Italian general Camillo Sileo. The same is true for police authorities in France and Lithuania or the cities of Rome and Barcelona. But why do most governments oppose against the alternatives, or even - as in the case of the city of Munich - return into the arms of the monopolist Microsoft? Andrup Ansip, EU Commissioner for the Digital Single Market and other stakeholders face the questions. - Věda a technologie
What an excellent documentary. Unfortunately, the EU is full of bureaucrats who either don't care, or have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. It is impossible to argue that they are acting in the best interests of the European Union.
I was so ashamed and angered when I visited the EU website to watch a debate in EU parliament, only to discover I needed to install Microsoft's Silverlight to do so - something that is not available Linux (and no, "Moonlight" didn't work).
As an EU taxpayer, I find this reprehensible, and borderline illegal. There are open alternatives out there. This isn't "democracy" at all - it's "democracy if you use Microsoft products". The EU should hang its head in shame!!!
I agree wholeheartedly. A government should be accountable to all of its citizens without exception.
Disappointing that EU officials lack the confidence to lead the way in open source IT systems. With an attitude like that, the EU is destined to be a rule taker - not a rule maker.
At the very least, insist on fully open standards which have multiple suppliers/vendors/software packages in existence.
Governments dont want open source, they prefer to control it, just like they want to control the internet. There is lots of info out there on these subjects
This is not what they are being paid for ;)
I love the part at 28:50 where the interviewer is using a Dell laptop - RUNNING UBUNTU! LOL. Awesome!!!
I absolutely agree. There should be no place for proprietary software in public domain. It is such a huge gamble to use something while not having an idea how it works.
At home - fine, if you dont care what happens with your data and privacy and you dont care about security - it is up to you.
But goverments and especially EU should set a positive example for private sector and use only open source stuff. It would also safe HUGE amounts of money. There could be one open source system for example for tax collection and every state would just adapt this system a little bit to suit its needs. No need for every state to make their own system from ground up and full of bugs while throwing billions of Euro in the bin.
the common argument i hear regarding no open-source in public infrastructure is : cost effectiveness. it cost too much to have a competent ingeneer, it cost to much in maintenance (still has to be proven to me...), plus it's made by proffesionals that do it for profit, so it is ultimatly better than people that do it for 'fun'.
i worked for a computer program that distributed tablet to kids in school, they choose apple to because "everything is locked, and they can jailbreak/root"
please prove i'm wrong. i want more arguments.
Well the systems can be done by the same companies and people as the proprietary stuff. Governments just need to force them in the contract to make the system open source and then maintain it as open source.
The argument that you need more qualified engineers is false because you need them for closed source any way.
Also open source is not just for people that make it for fun - if government makes an order and specifies they want it to be made open-sourced, it will also be made by professionals. And there are many huge companies that make profit just by developing open source stuff - Red Hat for example.
my thoughts exactly, thanks for mentioning red hat/fedora very good example !
You can never get a positive example from an Empire that has 3-4 Presidents who can veto anything its Pleb states vote for, The EU have been pressuring all the big software and Saas (software as a service) companies because the EU wants full spectrum control over its plebs and with almost everyone using these services that's some major control.
The EU is fascist by definition. This is fact. You can do so much to not take part with this over controlling culture. I can choose for myself Mr EU thanks very much. Open source is freedom
EU is not fascist at all. EU is the most democratic part of the world. I am big fan of EU. The EU is NOT-fascist by definition as any country is free to leave, as UK demonstrated.
It is definitely not perfect like no other place in the world is.
But this is nowhere in the world, no country uses open source stuff.
I just hope EU could lead the way and show how it should be really done. It would be in its own interests - both in economy and security.
great documentary
Do these European know that most traditional radio stations run on OpenSource software to hear music over car radios!
good job! it's sad that in the public sector Microsoft is the only one. In Slovakia can not be used LibreOffice, only Microsoft Office. In Slovak goverment its too much lobists for Microsoft.
Apart from the simplified reasoning at czcams.com/video/duaYLW7LQvg/video.htmlm40s that microsoft word has more vulnerable entry points because their data structure takes more lines of "code" than it's libre office counterpart this was very well done. And please someone teach this Jan Philipp Albrecht guy how to pronounce "source" correctly.
Very good documentary.
Much of the open source software described in this video is hosted on Github. Github was acquired by Microsoft in 2018.
Good job!
41:41 Windows is updating, please don't turn off your pc LMFAO
Search for the terms 'Savoir Faire Linux' in 2008 Quebec had a similar public tender, the way they got around it was by claiming its a upgrade to existing software and there for not eligible for negotiation. Money that could be in our economy being burned in my oppinion. 'Check out my open source channel shenko.org'
It is not inconceivable that Microsoft revealed to EU government officials of it's upcoming operating system model - an OS that offers far more resilience and robustness in defending against malware and virus attacks - and successfully convinced these countries to buy.
Microsoft would likely have offered to supply all necessary software programs as part of a long-term contractually-binding agreement; a Microsoft ecosystem the likes of Apple. This new Microsoft OS being one based on Linux of course...
This explains why certain German governments ceased their use of Linux-based operating systems, contrary to the evidence extolling the use of Linux, and instead opted for Microsoft. This also explains the motivations of purpose behind Microsoft's 'Azure' cloud-based OS (again, based on the Linux kernel and other free and open software), and their acquisition of GitHub. Business as usual for Microsoft and why would anyone expect anything less...
There is level of international corruption driven by a mere handful of private corporations that most people don't know or care about - this is just one example.
It's been 3 years.
Is it time for it to be released under the creative commons license?
the microsoft cyber attack
Background music at 2:03?
darude manwhore by joe ligma
Marco Wang :(
It's the score by Arpad Bondy
@41:32 - it is evident that you made a cut and the respondent talks emotionally, but without a context. If you want to fight for OS, do it only a fair way.
all of the interviews are published uncut on the YT account, so I think this is fair
this documentary should be creative commons.
"Linux" is not an OS, it is just a kernel. In fact Android uses the Linux kernel. 7:50 is really confused.
Actually, it is. The kernel is the operating system, and everything else (libraries of routines, commands, etc) are modules to extend it. But yes, distinguishing Android from Linux is quite silly.
@@TheJamieRamone You apparently have no idea what you're talking about. The kernel is one part of an operating system, there are many others. The GNU project (GNU/Linux is what most people think of when they say "Linux" in this sense) set out to develop an operating system, and had written years worth of code before Linux came along and came up with the last piece of the puzzle. The Linux kernel requires everything from a bootloader to a shell before it's actually usable as anything other than a toy - but with the rest of the parts of the GNU operating system, it is a functioning operating system.
@@jeffreycliff922 I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
What is the rope around her neck on the Lady In the eu building
It's the long leash of Bill Gates
All for Microsoft monopoly to be pulled down and made fair with valid non time consuming and non expensive options. Problem here is the costs to companies changing over. It is a huge job and costly. This film is EU propaganda, sanctioned by the EU and they know that most people hate Microsoft. Just a pair of dictators having a fight. When the EU get busy with something I always get worried. I will pass judgment when I see the laws they create. Thats always a clue to their real intention. ;)
I have tried using many linux distros and Libreoffice many times and they keep crashing, some basic functionality need bug fixing to work, anyone who thinks there is an alternative to MS is DELUSIONAL.
EU could invest in open source indeed, but EU is based on LIBERAL economy values. Let's make up our mind first if we want a government controlled economy, it helps...
(Disclaimer: I DO NOT have any, financial or otherwise, interest to support any company and I am equally frustrated that MS is a monopoly but even more frustrated that the promises of the alternatives have cost me huge time from my life which i cannot get back)
They should have used macs.
Really, you propose propietary software ánd hardware? You must hate freedom.
@@NormanGraafsma Exactly! Replacing one proprietary solution with another. There's no point in it.