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

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• rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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• Samsy@lemmy.ml ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Unfortunately, it is only 1 out of 16 states.

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  • gian@lemmy.grys.it ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • EtzBetz@feddit.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • unabart@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • tehn00bi@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I lol’d

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• WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Great. People need to detach from the American mindset.

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• jlow@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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