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Microsoft still makes the most popular desktop OS and Office suite in the world, but people — and even governments — are ...

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

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 ...

As governments ditch Windows 11 for Linux, one of the foundations that supports LibreOffice makes a strong case for ...

The LibreOffice project is preparing to cut some Windows support – and encourages users to switch to Linux.

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.

The radical change is being hailed as a major step toward "digital sovereignty" and a signal of growing European resistance ...