The Netherlands is rolling its own NixOS-based software stack after U.S.

The Netherlands is rolling its own NixOS-based software stack after U.S. (Image credit: Getty) Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 2 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Subscribe to our newsletter When the U.S. government imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, it also meant that its chief prosecutor lost access to Microsoft services, including email.

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• government imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, it also meant that its chief prosecutor lost access to Microsoft services, including email.
• It was then that the Dutch government decided that it was time to make plans that would reduce its reliance on software and services that were made or based in the United States.
• The result of that decision was DAWO, or Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid (Digital Autonomous Work Environment for Government in English).
• And work is underway to bring it to fruition.
• As Tweakers reports, via It's FOSS , the program was aimed at refreshing the technologies used by the Dutch government in such a way that it would no longer be in a situation where it could lose access to critical systems at the whim of a foreign country.