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This is particularly annoying because after converting my kid's laptop to Linux with #EndOfTen, school WiFi certificates would not allow connection so we had to switch back to Microsoft to allow school work submissions 🤬
#MicrosoftTax.
February 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
ruthmottram.eurosky.social
DKK 60 million on Microsoft and Google software licences *every year* paid Danish state schools. And imagine how much government IT is paying on top.
It's time to start calling it the #MicrosoftTax

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Her er regnestykket: Så meget koster det at smide Google og Microsoft ud af folkeskolen | Ingeniøren
Med en tocifret millioninvestering og et års arbejde kan en open source løsning til den danske folkeskole smide amerikansk tech på porten, viser ny analyse.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
ruth-mottram.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
DKK 60 million on Microsoft and Google software licences *every year* paid Danish state schools. And imagine how much government IT is paying on top.
It's time to start calling it the #microsofttax

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February 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
ruth-mottram.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
This is particularly annoying because after converting my kid's laptop to Linux with #endoften, school WiFi certificates would not allow connection so we had to switch back to Microsoft to allow school work submissions 🤬
#microsofttax.
February 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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💻🏢 ➡️ 💸🧾 💰💰💰🍀 🥇🌍 #MicrosoftTax #IrelandTax
Microsoft paid $6.5bn tax in Ireland – more than anywhere else
www.irishtimes.com
August 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM