“I miss nothing,” says Dirk Schrödter, the digitisation(数字化) minister for the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Over a video-call using OpenTalk, a German alternative to Microsoft’s Teams, he explains how in the past two years he has moved some 30,000 of the state’s civil servants from the American company’s collaboration and productivity tools to open-source alternatives.(通过使用OpenTalk（微软Teams的德国替代品）进行视频通话，他解释说，在过去两年里，他已将该州约3万名公务员从这家美国公司的协作和生产工具迁移到开源替代品上。) He has now begun the process of shifting staff from Windows to Linux, an open-source(开源的) operating system. The move has attracted the attention of public officials elsewhere who are also keen to cut ties with(切断与...的联系) America’s tech giants. “Every week we have questions from other states, other cities and governments inside and outside of Europe,” he says.
“我什么都不缺，”德国石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因州数字化部长迪尔克·施罗德特说。通过使用OpenTalk（微软Teams的德国替代品）进行视频通话，他解释说，在过去两年里，他已将该州约3万名公务员从这家美国公司的协作和生产工具迁移到开源替代品上。他现在已开始将员工从Windows迁移到Linux（一种开源操作系统）的过程。此举引起了其他地方公共官员的注意，他们也热衷于与美国科技巨头切断联系。“每周我们都会收到来自其他州、其他城市以及欧洲内外政府的询问，”他说。
The growing interest in open-source software reflects a new geopolitical reality. America has long used its commercial prowess(高超的技艺；实力) to hurt enemies, as when imposing sanctions on Iran and Russia. But now even allies worry that it could cut off their access to critical technologies—or at least threaten to during, say, a trade negotiation.(但现在，即使是盟友也担心它可能会切断他们获取关键技术的机会——或者至少在贸易谈判等场合威胁要这样做。)
对开源软件日益增长的兴趣反映了一个新的地缘政治现实。美国长期以来一直利用其商业实力来伤害敌人，例如对伊朗和俄罗斯实施制裁。但现在，即使是盟友也担心它可能会切断他们获取关键技术的机会——或者至少在贸易谈判等场合威胁要这样做。
Governments abroad are examining the extent to which their ability to operate depends on American suppliers. Fears were stoked last May when Karim Khan, then the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, lost access to his Microsoft email account after President Donald Trump brought sanctions against the court over its issuing of an arrest warrant for Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister.(去年5月，时任国际刑事法院首席检察官卡里姆·汗在特朗普总统因该法院对以色列总理内塔尼亚胡发出逮捕令而实施制裁后，失去了对其微软电子邮件账户的访问权限，这加剧了担忧。) (Microsoft says it did not cut its service.) Another jolt came this June when Mr Trump forced Anthropic, an artificial-intelligence lab, to temporarily cut off access to its latest models in foreign countries. America’s allies also took note(注意到；留意) when it twice paused its supply of weapons to Ukraine last year.
外国政府正在审视其运作能力在多大程度上依赖于美国供应商。去年5月，时任国际刑事法院首席检察官卡里姆·汗在唐纳德·特朗普总统因该法院对以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡发出逮捕令而实施制裁后，失去了对其微软电子邮件账户的访问权限，这加剧了担忧。（微软表示并未切断服务。）今年6月，特朗普迫使人工智能实验室Anthropic暂时切断其最新模型在外国的访问权限，这又是一次冲击。美国的盟友还注意到，去年美国两次暂停了对乌克兰的武器供应。
