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 ...

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

Software Freedom relies on "activism" because it confronts companies that don't play by the rules. They lie, they cheat, they ban people, and eventually it's all about power. If you're going to ...

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

On 4 June 2025 members of the Local Staff Committee Munich met online with the Boards of Appeal, as represented by the President of the EPO Boards of Appeal (BoA) Carl Josefsson; Director ...

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

German state Schleswig-Holstein wants to remove all traces of Microsoft, including Windows Transition started in 2023, and should be complete by the end of 2025 Digitalization minister says, "We're ...

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 ...

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

Denmark is embarking on an ambitious effort to reduce its reliance on proprietary software from foreign tech giants by ...