All across Europe, from Finland to Portugal, Ireland to Greece, the information technology (IT) of government administrations is based on Microsoft programmes. This is what Investigative Europe, a team of nine journalists from eight European countries found.
- causes costs to rise continuously and blocks technical progress in government authorities and organisations;
- systematically undermines European procurement and competition laws;
- brings with it overwhelming political influence for the company, culminating in personal interdependence as well as penetration of schools and universities;
- and puts government IT systems, together with their citizens’ personal information, at high risk, both technologically and politically.
PUBLICATIONS
Europe’s dire dependency on Microsoft - Investigate Europe, 21 June 2017
Why Europe’s dependency on Microsoft is a huge security risk - Investigate Europe, 13 May 2017
Anti-trust complaints target Microsoft in the European Union - Computer Weekly, 6 April 2017
New anti-trust complaint looms over Microsoft - EUObserver, 6 April 2017
Kaspersky zieht Microsoft vor die EU-Kommission - Handelszeitung, 6 April 2017
Die Bürosoftware als Sicherheitsrisiko - Handelszeitung, 12 April 2017
Neue Kartellbeschwerde gegen Microsoft - Der Tagesspiegel, 6 April 2017
Microsoft alvo de queixas por “abuso de posição dominante” - Publico, 6 April 2017
Europa, a “colónia digital” dos EUA - Publico, 9 April 2017
Europas fatale Abhängigkeit von Microsoft - Der Tagesspiegel, 13 May 2017
Gefangen in der Welt von Microsoft - Falter, 11 April 2017
Das trojanische Pferd - Falter, 19 April 2017
SKOLONIZOWANI PRZEZ MICROSOFT - Newsweek Polska, April 2017
Je česká státní správa „rukojmím Microsoftu“? - Investigace, 18 April 2017
Uten Microsoft stopper Europa - Aftenbladet, April 2017
Trondheim hilser fra skyen - Aftenbladet, April 2017
Microsoft er hackernes favoritt - Aftenbladet, April 2017
Locked in by choice: How European governments are handling their Microsoft addiction - Computer Weekly, April 2017
Exclusif - Microsoft : menace sur la sécurité de l'Etat - Marianne, 20 May 2017
Ευρώπη, η ψηφιακή αποικία της Microsoft - EfSyn, 19 June 2017
Εκατομμύρια μαθητές εθίζονται στα προϊόντα της Microsoft - EfSyn, 20 June 2017
H Ευρώπη χωρίς ασπίδα προστασίας για τον... «ιό» της Microsoft - EfSyn, 21 June 2017