Of course I don’t actually think they get turned on by the Microsoft logo, it was just a bad joke.

We just get frustrated when the higher-ups force in a new expensive enterprise product when we have already told them we can easily implement support for an objectively superior free and open source industry standard alternative. But I guess it fails their enterprise support criteria, which most of the time is worthless (Microsoft should be pretty good on this part at least). Most of the time when we ask why they chose <Corporate product> we just get a blank stare back, as if there was no other alternative. The same happens when we ask for an exit strategy. And afterwards we are doomed to work with a barely working undocumented API.

There’s a lot of us advocating for, and using, open source alternatives at work. The problem is the higher-ups get really aroused when they see the Microsoft logo. It’s pretty frustrating as a developer, most of the time for smaller systems and projects we get to do what we want and choose open source. But for bigger decisions outside our department big corporate enterprise solutions are always chosen. And of course, they are an absolute nightmare to work with, horrible API’s and so on.

While they do meet the requirements they are objectively worse than dedicated winter tyres in the winter and vice versa for summer. As a Norwegian I’d never trust all season tyres in the winter, at least not here in Norway. Non-studded winter tyres work good enough in the cities, but studded tyres are the best regardless of where you drive in the winter.

This is more about having the ability to launch any payload at all from Europe. Especially so we don’t have to be 100% reliant on launch sites controlled by the US or the one on other side of the Atlantic in French Guyana. If anything, the more the merrier, continental Europe should have the capability to launch from both the north and the south.

Blir litt oppgitt når folk som ikke kan et eneste ord på norsk uttaler seg som om de jobber i Språkrådet.

Are you confusing the name of subsidiary? Thinking it’s name is something like Norges - Bank Investment Management?

It’s actually Norges Bank - Investment Management, which would translate to Bank of Norway - Investment Management. Because, you know, it manages investments.

As a Norwegian I can safely say no one in Norway calls our central bank Norges, it is only called Norges Bank. Calling it Norges in Norwegian would be like calling it Norway’s in English. Norway’s what? Call it Norges Bank, Bank of Norway, Norwegian central bank. Just not Norges, because that name does not make sense.