German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email
Digital sovereignty isn't a phrase you often hear in the US, but it's a big deal in Europe. Here's why.
Kudos to Germany for pulling it off. Was also happy to see them mention
Last year [...] the government began rolling out LibreOffice as the default office suite to replace Microsoft Office.
It's one German state. Nevertheless, better than none. Sadly, for instance, Munich moved away from Linux to Microsoft in 2017 (end of project limux). Did I mention Microsoft has a location there?
Earlier switches were primarily about cost-savings, so Microsoft would just swoop in with discounts and backroom deal$, or offer discounts to anyone considering copy-catting, isolating the early-adopters.
This case is not about cost but data sovereignty, and it's also a smaller switch (keeping the Windows OS), so we can have hopes for better success.
Unfortunately, it is only 1 out of 16 states.
Got to start somewhere, if a few do it it shows it's possible
For the remaining 15, they’ll just stick to their fax machines.
I lol’d
Future headline:
Microsoft's Windows update will eliminate "side loading" unauthorized programs.
In my day side loading was called installing what I want because it's my fucking computer
Great. People need to detach from the American mindset.
Lol, I don't know of that's intentional shade but that photo is of my hometown (Lübeck), which is in the state (SH) but not the capital. So they didn't find a photo from capital (Kiel) they that was aesthetically pleasing enough to accompany the article?
