{"id":486,"date":"2025-05-31T09:19:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T09:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sowneo.com\/?p=486"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:03:58","slug":"une-societe-sans-microsoft-part1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sowneo.com\/en\/une-societe-sans-microsoft-part1\/","title":{"rendered":"A Company Without Microsoft? 1\/2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"486\" class=\"elementor elementor-486\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a314bb5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a314bb5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2934c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c2934c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A choice...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-697cf6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"697cf6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">After using <strong>Microsoft Windows, Sowebio<\/strong> made the choice in 2018 to become a company built on free and <strong>open-source software.<\/strong> Why? Discover our analysis and approach.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5fe1c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d5fe1c3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16272db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16272db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A society without Microsoft?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c479a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c479a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Microsoft is a symbolic figure among the world\u2019s largest software players. One of the GAFAM giants which, since nature abhors a vacuum, have become hegemonic, all-knowing, and hungry for this century\u2019s black gold: personal data.<\/p><p>Microsoft embodies all the strengths and weaknesses of the model it represents. Always open to opportunity and capable of reinvention, Microsoft is a lasting success. Below, we offer our take on that success and some lessons learned as users of its commercial solutions. Finally, we will present, at the end of the article, the alternatives offered by Free Software.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5a29e1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e5a29e1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d724147 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d724147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who is Microsoft?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0ee3e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0ee3e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Microsoft is an American company, and thus customer-oriented. It doesn\u2019t sell software, it sells solutions. As a commercial company, it doesn\u2019t sell solutions, it licenses them. As a marketing company, it pursues creative strategies, generally superior to those of its competitors.<\/p><p>However, despite persistent and long-standing efforts to engage with the developer community, Microsoft is still not widely appreciated among geeks, even if its image is gradually improving.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cae12a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cae12a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sowneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sow-ldd-microsoft_word-400x400web-1.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2281\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666688f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"666688f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccd9cd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ccd9cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Microsoft is a cat<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e29bdc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e29bdc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Gates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Henri Gates III<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Allen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Gardner Allen<\/a>\u2020 had a company before Microsoft. With <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Traf-O-Data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Traf-O-Data,<\/a> they attempted to produce vehicle counters. That failure gave them valuable lessons. One of them led, years later, to offering IBM an operating system for just a few dollars per PC.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Of course, Microsoft had <strong>no such system to sell, nor the expertise<\/strong> to create one. So once the contract was signed, Microsoft acquired, for a symbolic amount, a small operating system from a tiny company in Seattle.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Lacking in-house expertise, they then rented the services of that system\u2019s creator for the first adaptations. The company\u2019s first employee, recently hired for that purpose, finalized the system, known as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MS-DOS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MS-DOS.<\/a><\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">History repeated itself later, in more glorious fashion, when Microsoft\u2014among countless examples of external acquisitions such as Excel or SQL Server\u2014invested billions to develop the current Windows NT system, with the help of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dave_Cutler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dave Cutler<\/a>, the gruff architect of the remarkable <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OpenVMS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VMS<\/a> operating system.<\/p><p>One of Microsoft\u2019s key strengths is knowing its technical limits. Able to identify the right products and people, Microsoft then acquires the former and attracts the latter.<\/p><p>Its ability to pivot or preempt external movements is also legendary.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Remember <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MSN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSN<\/a>, also known as <strong>Microsoft Network?<\/strong> In that pre-Internet era at the end of the last century, a few proprietary digital networks coexisted under names like <strong>AOL, Compuserve,<\/strong> and <strong>Delphi.<\/strong> These services were expanding, and Microsoft invested heavily in MSN to create its own network. The plan was to bundle MSN with Windows to gain a competitive edge.<\/p><p>That\u2019s when the Internet went mainstream.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">After initially denying a phenomenon that disrupted its expansion plans, Microsoft made a complete 180\u00b0 turn. Windows became the default gateway to the Internet, and <strong> Microsoft\u2019s web services<\/strong>  adopted the name\u2026 MSN.<\/p><p>The original MSN proprietary network project was scrapped\u2014followed shortly thereafter by its would-be competitors, AOL and Compuserve, who failed to reinvent themselves.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">This agility is still evident today. Microsoft is now a major player in the Cloud with <strong>Azure,<\/strong> while still dominating the personal systems market with a Windows ecosystem increasingly hungry for data. The company has rebranded <strong>Microsoft Office<\/strong> as <strong>Office 365,<\/strong> with SaaS\u2014like the Cloud\u2014becoming the trendy way to <strong>monetize<\/strong> services as <strong>basic<\/strong> as <strong>writing a letter <\/strong>or tracking expenses in a spreadsheet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77f41f3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77f41f3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7d3079 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7d3079\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dependence on Microsoft<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-313c44a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"313c44a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">Microsoft\u2019s strength lies in its <strong>marketing power<\/strong> and <strong>commercial approach.<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">It has the ability to offer its products and services for free, then at discounted prices, then at full price, depending on the socio-economic and geographic context<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote modern-footnotes-footnote--hover-on-desktop\" data-mfn=\"1\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"00000000000005650000000000000000_486\"><a href=\"\/en\/void(0)\/\" title=\"Windows is more affordable in Africa than in Europe.\" role=\"button\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-00000000000005650000000000000000_486-1\" target=\"_self\">1<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-00000000000005650000000000000000_486-1\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" data-mfn=\"1\">Windows is more affordable in Africa than in Europe.<\/span>, in order to make every user\u2014wherever they are\u2014dependent on its solutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d774fa8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d774fa8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e3fa7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e3fa7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Organization of Dependence<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6db3f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6db3f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To renew their clientele, alcohol vendors fund happy hours and drug dealers offer free samples to young users.<\/p><p>To create dependence.<\/p><p>The organization of dependence is an ancient practice. Technocracy didn\u2019t invent it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b59c7bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b59c7bf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-288eac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"288eac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Educational Dependence<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6928df5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6928df5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">Preferential agreements with education ministries in many countries follow the same pattern. <strong>Children<\/strong> grow up using Windows systems and Microsoft software.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">As future consumers, they develop <strong>habits<\/strong> they will reproduce as adults\u2014favoring and purchasing Microsoft products.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9338c05 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9338c05\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd6a911 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd6a911\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PC-Linked Dependence<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f6c56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61f6c56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">The <\/strong>tied selling<\/strong> of Windows with PCs violates \"free and fair competition\"\u2014to quote a favorite European phrase.<\/p><p>The Windows license is sold at a deep discount to the manufacturer, who pre-installs Windows along with the full suite of Microsoft software.<\/p><p>European authorities rarely go beyond symbolic opposition, as many of their own officials are themselves hooked on Microsoft products.<\/p><p>The end user becomes accustomed to using only Microsoft software on a Windows system.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28a3f28 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28a3f28\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83b74c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83b74c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> Professional Dependence<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0db1e79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0db1e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">As an omnipresent company, Microsoft has accompanied the rise of IT as the nervous system of business. Often, <strong>IT directors<\/strong> choose Microsoft by default, because in the event of failure, no one can blame them\u2014they chose the <strong>market leader.<\/strong><\/p><p>This universal dominance stems from Windows: its systematic installation and intrinsic qualities\u2014it runs on all hardware and maintains strong software compatibility between versions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd51006 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd51006\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sowneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sow-ldd-microsoft_powerpoint-400x400web-1.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2280\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba9abb2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ba9abb2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1c641f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1c641f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Microsoft\u2019s Supreme Agility<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cefb0ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cefb0ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Microsoft\u2019s most recent pivot: Free Software.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Once called a cancer by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Ballmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Ballmer<\/a><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote modern-footnotes-footnote--hover-on-desktop\" data-mfn=\"2\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"00000000000005650000000000000000_486\"><a href=\"\/en\/void(0)\/\" title=\"CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014\" role=\"button\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-00000000000005650000000000000000_486-2\" target=\"_self\">2<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-00000000000005650000000000000000_486-2\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" data-mfn=\"2\">CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014<\/span>, Free Software is now central to Microsoft\u2019s strategy, with numerous acquisitions and the open-sourcing of some Microsoft products and components.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">The loop seems to be closing. Microsoft\u2019s fundamentals are being reinvented, and its current CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satya_Nadella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Satya Nadella<\/a>, has even helped refresh the company\u2019s image. \"The devil\u2019s finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.\"<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote modern-footnotes-footnote--hover-on-desktop\" data-mfn=\"3\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"00000000000005650000000000000000_486\"><a href=\"\/en\/void(0)\/\" title=\"Short poems in prose by Charles Baudelaire\" role=\"button\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-00000000000005650000000000000000_486-3\" target=\"_self\">3<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-00000000000005650000000000000000_486-3\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note modern-footnotes-footnote__note--tooltip\" data-mfn=\"3\">Short poems in prose by <b>Charles Baudelaire<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Bill Gates and Paul Allen\u2020 had a child\u2014with a certain spirit. 1 and 1 equals 3. And not just in binary.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sowneo.com\/en\/une-societe-sans-microsoft-part2\/\" target=\"_self\">second part of this article<\/a>, we will explore \u201cFree Software, the Unknown\u201d, \u201cThe Free Software Economy\u201d, \u201cThe Benefits of Free Software\u201d, \u201cThe Transition to Free Software\u201d and finally, we\u2019ll ask: \u201cA Company Without Free Software?\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7170f6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c7170f6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5047999 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5047999\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sowneo.com\/en\/une-societe-sans-microsoft-part2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-newspaper\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">A Company Without Microsoft? - Part 2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un choix&#8230; Apr\u00e8s avoir utilis\u00e9 Microsoft Windows, Sowebio a fait le choix en 2018 de devenir une entreprise fond\u00e9e sur le logiciel libre. Pourquoi ? D\u00e9couvrez notre analyse et notre d\u00e9marche. Une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 sans Microsoft ? Microsoft est un symbole parmi les plus grands acteurs du logiciel mondial. 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