Canadians are playing defense. They really need to start playing offense.
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Cancel all Microsoft Office contracts. Cancel all Microsoft Windows contracts. Switch all government departments and Crown corporations to Linux.
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Announce $100 million fund to support Open Source software such as Krita, Gimp, Inkscape. Time to assassinate Adobe.
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Ban all government departments from using foreign consulting firms. No more McKinsey or Bain.
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Cancel all F-35 jet orders. It’s better to have 5 F-16 than 1 plane that can’t fly.
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Put all the top 50 executives from Fox News on a no-travel list. Put their spouses on the list.
C’mon you Canadian IT guys. Put a package together with solid plan to switch over. That’s the hardest part. Once done, selling it will be easy, based on the license fee money saved. Don’t forget to make some profit, but don’t get greedy like the big boys. Let’s go!