German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email

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• rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • Strider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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?

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    • Jason2357@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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.

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    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hopefully with the political climate governments will be more resilient and care about digital sovereignty

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• Samsy@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Unfortunately, it is only 1 out of 16 states.

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  • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Got to start somewhere, if a few do it it shows it’s possible

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  • gian@lemmy.grys.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It is first step. If it will work well, maybe other states will do it.

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    • EtzBetz@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, other states did switch before but then went back. We’ll have to see. I welcome this step, if it continues.

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    • sturmblast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It will work fine. Email is simple. I’ve administered dozens in my career, it will be just fine.

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  • unabart@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For the remaining 15, they’ll just stick to their fax machines.

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    • tehn00bi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I lol’d

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• HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Future headline:

  Microsoft’s Windows update will eliminate “side loading” unauthorized programs.

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• WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Great. People need to detach from the American mindset.

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• FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This isn’t really newsworthy anymore - European governments are all moving towards digital sovereignty for stuff like this, which makes sense. Microsoft will most likely start offering “host your own” versions of these products soon to try and stop/slow the exodus, as controlling your own data becomes more and more important to governments and companies.

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• jlow@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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?

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