German Interior Ministry Wants To Ensure “Digital Sovereignty”

Germany wants to avoid having too much reliance on specific
software/service vendors, like Microsoft and cloud suppliers
<https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/19/german_government_report_digital_sovereignty/>.

How to deal with this? Answers suggested were
  * Negotiate new contracts with those same suppliers that get rid of
    the objectionable things, like telemetry
  * Diversify: stick with proprietary software, just get it from more
    suppliers
  * Use Open Source. Real-world results seem mixed? (Munich was cited
    as a “failure”). Also, Open Source software can end up acquired by
    proprietary vendors anyway.

But then again, why should such acquisitions be such a big deal? Have
they not heard of “forks”?

Word I learned today: “Schmerzpunkt”.
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