testmanOct 31, 2024

How The German Government is Planning for an Open Future

https://lemmy.ml/post/21994487

How The German Government is Planning for an Open Future - Lemmy

Show threadjlow (he/him)Oct 31, 2024
So I would love if this would be the case (German gov using open soruce software) but tbh this reads like marketing bs to me, sorry. “Aims to transform public administration”, “providing Germany’s public sector with a secure and open-source alternative”. Yes, good. Nice. Cool. But are any government agencies are actually using it? I feel like if they wpild be they’d surely name them …
Show threadSchlemmy

Sleewich-Holstein is one of the first states to ditch Microsoft.

You have to know that all of this takes time. They’ve decided to follow this path in 2022 and were aiming for the first results to appear in 2025.

Two weeks ago ZenDis launched OpenDesk 1.0. www.openproject.org/blog/sovereign-workplace/

The rise of the Sovereign Workplace: openDesk – Your open source alternative to Microsoft and Google

Read why openDesk will be a true alternative for the public sector to hyperscalers like Microsoft and Google

OpenProject.org
Nov 1, 2024 at 8:34pmWeb
Show threadSchlemmyNov 1, 2024

And I forgot to mention that the French government is on board as well.

They on their side are launching La Suite which is based on the same building block as OpenDesk.

code.gouv.fr/en/lasuite/

La Suite : an Open Source collaborative digital suite for civil servants

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