Ruth MottramApr 10

This is going to be interesting to follow. According to this Danish news piece the German Ministry of Defence in turning away from Microsoft have just signed a contract to develop an open source alternative.

I wonder what they will choose?

# DigitalSovreignty

Https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/det-tyske-forsvar-vender-ryggen-til-microsoft

Det tyske forsvar vender ryggen til Microsoft

Digital suverænitet og frisættelse fra amerikanske techgiganter har fået det tyske forsvar til at skifte it-løsningerne ud.

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Show threadMarekApr 10

@Ruth_Mottram I think they've announced they're going with OpenDesk, which was funded by the German Ministry of the Interior.

Mostly open source code they've curated and integrated.

https://opendesk.eu/en/

The office and collaboration suite for public administration | openDesk

openDesk is a flexible and modern office and collaboration suite for daily work in public administration, including word processing, collaboration and shared file storage, video conferencing, chat and project management.

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Show threadThomas Lavergne
@wildenstern @Ruth_Mottram would someone have a link to the announcement in German?
Apr 10 at 3:58pmWeb
Show threadMarekApr 10

@lavergnetho I'm afraid I don't speak German, but this seems to be something like it?

https://www.deskmodder.de/blog/2025/04/07/bundeswehr-setzt-auf-digitale-souveraenitaet-statt-microsoft-365/

It was published about the same time as I saw the news in English, and seems to have the keywords at least!

Bundeswehr setzt auf digitale Souveränität statt Microsoft 365 - Deskmodder.de

Wichtige digitale Bausteine für die Bundeswehr: openDesk und openCode ermöglichen mehr Selbstständigkeit in der IT.

Show threadiobearApr 10
@lavergnetho https://www.heise.de/news/Rahmenvertrag-MS-365-Alternative-OpenDesk-soll-die-Bundeswehr-erobern-10342327.html
Rahmenvertrag: MS-365-Alternative OpenDesk soll die Bundeswehr erobern

Das IT-Systemhaus der Bundeswehr BWI hat mit Zendis einen Rahmenvertrag über "souveräne Kommunikations- und Kollaborationslösungen" wie OpenDesk geschlossen.

heise online