French here. It is all about the IT sovereignty (souveraineté numérique). The idea is to use French solutions in order to limit leaks if confidential information and dealing with other country without worrying about threat of limiting, stopping critical services. Also it is easier to apply EU laws like GPDR. That is why all the French private company dealing with sensitive information (military, cyber security…) are only using French solutions.
I get it, but I just don’t get why wouldn’t they just follow other govs’ steps and just set up a matrix server instead. It’s already available and proven.
💶 Money.
French companies will now get contracts and profit off of taxpayer dollars.
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It’s not good if it doesn’t result in a better deal for the public.
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Because sometimes that only results in worse features with more overhead. Not everything is interchangeable with the press of one button.
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