Several European governments and organizations have decided to drop Microsoft products like Office or Windows in favor of open-source equivalents. Here's why.

Microsoft Office is used in offices at the same time in schools and also for personal use worldwide. But now, some countries ...

German state of Schleswig-Holstein also turns its back on Microsoft as Europeans fear being ‘blackmailed’ by Big Tech ...

With the Document Foundation, another group from the world of free software has joined the “End of 10” campaign launched by ...

The German state of Schleswig-Holstein is undertaking a historic shift in public-sector IT, replacing Microsoft products with ...

Denmark is making 'digital sovereignty' a priority, replacing Microsoft and other US big tech products with Linux and open ...

As Windows 10 support ends later this year, one foundation makes the case for switching to Linux and LibreOffice over ...

The Document Foundation, the organization that backs and guides development of LibreOffice since Oracle dropped the ball, has ...

Microsoft Office is used in homes, workplaces, and schools worldwide. However, some European nations are increasingly beginning to outlaw it ...

Plans to go open-source were drawn up by Schleswig-Holstein as far back as 2017. In 2021, the state found another incentive ...

Microsoft Office is being banned from government systems in some European countries, including Germany, to maintain data ...

The main reason behind this is that the German government wants to keep its data safe and stored inside the country.