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petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

Update. "#Austria's military has switched from #MicrosoftOffice to #LibreOffice. The move was all about digital sovereignty, not cost savings. Other governments are moving away from Microsoft to protect their citizens' privacy."
https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-european-military-just-ditched-microsoft-for-open-source-libreoffice-heres-why/

#OpenSource #Privacy #Surveillance #USPol #USPolitics

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This European military just ditched Microsoft for open-source LibreOffice - here's why

It's not about the cost savings, either. Many government organizations are replacing Microsoft software for a more important reason.
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AdventureTense
@adventure_tense@mapstodon.space replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@petersuber Interesting read. Thanks for sharing.

Like the Austrian Military has successfully done, I hope that when other sizeable organizations migrate to LibreOffice (which is fantastic), that they still maintain a reasonable budget for funding FOSS donations.

(edited to correct my misunderstanding of the article, as posted by @jedbrown )

#FOSS #OpenSource #LibreOffice

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