LibreOfficeApr 29
Not only is one German state moving from Microsoft to LibreOffice, but the whole federal government is committing to move to open standards by 2027: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/04/29/germany-committing-to-odf-and-open-document-standards/
Germany committing to ODF and open document standards - The Document Foundation Blog

Digital sovereignty is of vital importance for data freedom. If governments and organisations use proprietary or pseudo-standard formats, they limit the tools that citizens can use to access data. So we’re happy to see that the IT Planning Council in Germany is committing to move to the Open Document Format – a fully standardised format […]

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Show threadBłażejko (ProxyDark)Apr 29
@libreoffice or just maybe They don't have enought money to continue using Microsoft apps ? Just got this in my mind. In poland some hospitals also using Libre and it is really bad to work with. And this is just because they dont't want to buy. Not because of security or other major problems. Just because of money.
Show threadnicole mikołajczyk
@proxydark @libreoffice You can continue using Microsoft Office while switching to Open Document Format (supported since 2009), which would be reasonable in such a case where public administration workers are most likely familiar with it.
Apr 29 at 11:31amWeb
Show threadBłażejko (ProxyDark)Apr 29
@mkljczk @libreoffice but the problem is simple .. converting documents are not 100% same , diference between .docx and .odt are quite big and mostly crashes documents or making huge changes.
Show threadBłażejko (ProxyDark)Apr 29
@mkljczk @libreoffice albo mówiąc prościej. Jak w szpitalu użyją .odt .. potem idą z tym do Dyrektora placówki , który ma Worda często gęsto wszystko się rozjeżdża :)
Show threadnicole mikołajczykApr 29
@proxydark @libreoffice Pamiętaj że poza użytkownikami MS Office i paroma nerdami trzymającymi się LibreOffice są też np. osoby używające Google Docs. Wydaje mi się że przenośność ODF między różnym oprogramowaniem wygląda jednak dużo lepiej niż przy O„O”XML
Show threadBłażejko (ProxyDark)Apr 29
@mkljczk @libreoffice też fakt :)