US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS-based software ecosystem — trial programs running now, first release expected at end of 2027

• government imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, it also meant that its chief prosecutor lost access to Microsoft services, including email.
• It was then that the Dutch government decided that it was time to make plans that would reduce its reliance on software and services that were made or based in the United States.