Attention decoy to trolls. The Parliament adopted 20 January an amendment to the socialist deputy Delphine Batho, to create a sovereign operating system. A “Windows” French deemed to oppose the economic stranglehold of US platforms, protect personal data hexagonal citizens, fight against espionage Trojan horses that are Apple, Microsoft and Google, or even the fight against terrorism.
One idea already advocated by Arnaud Montebourg
This amendment to the bill on digital Axelle Lemaire for the moment that proposes to draft a in that report, to be presented to Parliament within three months of the promulgation of the text. It will decide on the creation of a Commissioner for the Digital sovereignty, new public body attached to the Prime Minister’s office, which would be responsible for oversee the creation of a “sovereign operating system and data encryption protocols” .
A similar amendment had been presented by Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet and 13 other members on the right, which explained wanting restore independence to French enterprises vis-à-vis “platforms that do not meet our law”. “This sovereign operating system is the foundation of the national digital ecosystem and will be fully effective by being extended and shared at European level,” added the amendment supported by NKM.
This idea of a sovereign OS had received other support, that of Arnaud Montebourg when he was Minister of Productive Recovery. All its proponents refer to the arguments of Pierre Bellanger, CEO of Twitter, which developed them in his book, The digital sovereignty , published in 2014.
Too expensive, impractical
The proposal stunned the digital professionals. She immediately spawned a parody Twitter account,ossouverain.
“A French OS, it was 20 years ago, why not. Today is such a complex subject that it would require hundreds of developers and millions of euros. This is totally surreal, denounces Laurent Chemla for L’Express. Even in Europe, where it could have a little sense, we do not have the means to do so. ”
Gandi Site Founder and member of La Quadrature du Net and the Institute for digital sovereignty, this computer is not kind to the project. “To remain sovereign over its data, the solution is free software. The free OS, this is no lack. This inevitably find someone to audit a system and find the loopholes. Everything is public. But the Amendments (defended by Delphine Batho, ed) that would have imposed to prefer free software in government have not been passed. This is a contradiction, “he laments .
Axelle Lemaire wants a good report, but does not believe in the OS
Today, only a few countries have equivalent projects, mainly for political reasons, as in China or North Korea. Even attempts by big organizations like Firefox (Firefox OS) or Samsung (Tizen) to compete with Apple, Microsoft and Google face oligopoly. Orange had studied the issue with European partners in 2010. He did not respond.
“Developing the OS, it is one thing, but it’s just a layer between the physical hardware and software. All software that go around, we have to convince developers to do , it does not happen overnight. Even if 60 million French equip themselves, is a small market! ” Laurent Chemla despairs.
Axelle Lemaire itself “does not believe in the possibility of a sovereign operating system, which would not be operating”, as reported by Le Monde . But she supported the amendment, so the report on the creation of a commission … to better bury it?
Do not repeat the mistake of the sovereign cloud
The sovereign OS recalls the industrial disaster sovereign cloud (Cloudwatt, Numergy), which engulfed 75 million of public money. And ignores private attempts tricolor OS. “How not to mention the company Mandrake / Mandriva an operating system made in France ignored by the authorities and lack of financial support, had to close up shop, said the Pirate Party. That adds a” steering State to get there will bring specialists that siphoning of public money. “
” At As, our dependence on major digital players, who are not stateless increases . And in a widespread indifference, Delphine Batho meets in L’Express. The sovereignty issue is absolutely huge: it is a matter of freedom, security, data protection, and unfair competition. I do not accept the blindness nor we can not do anything that’s how ‘. Because we do not fight against terrorism without digital sovereignty. And because we could quickly end up with all the disadvantages of digital processing – particularly in terms of job destruction – “.
to Batho offensive
The MP “seeking solutions” by adopting “finally an offensive position”: “Let’s go to the end of the discussion, see if it’s possible or not. This is the idea of the police “.
Among the critics of the amendment, it still does not explain how we could get there.” The idea of a sovereign OS is ridiculous and only reveals the incompetence of its initiators, “Judge Gilles Babinet on Twitter,” digital champion “for France at the European Commission
Laurent Chemla approves.” I think members voted without knowing what it was. This is purely demagogic, there is no reality behind it. “
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