@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty@thecanadian.social
2026-02-21 16:21 UTC
Remember the German state of Schleswig-Holstein from an earlier post in this thread? In June of 2025 an article reported they stopped using Microsoft Office. That actually started in 2024, when it swapped out Office for free, open-source alternative LibreOffice. Schleswig-Holstein’s open-source initiative began in 2020 as an effort to save licensing costs. “What began as a technical project is now a political project,” said the state’s CIO, Sven Thomsen.
#FOSS
https://www.raconteur.net/technology/schleswig-holstein-open-source
Replies (1)
-
@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty@thecanadian.social 2026-02-21 16:30
Also in June of 2025, the French city of Lyon announced it would also stop using Microsoft Office for its 10,000 employees, and switch to an ##OpenSource software alternative. City officials pointed to licensing costs, end-of-life transition costs for version changes, and control of their own data, were reasons cited. https://www.techradar.com/pro/one-of-frances-largest-cities-has-now-also-ditched-microsoft-for-open-source-software