Thanks to our network of supporters, #EU_OS benefits from early access to a study from the Commission @EC_DIGIT on the in-house use of #Linux on the workspace. It is from 2005 and was revealed through an request for access to documents. Stay tuned and follow #EU_OS as we will publish the report on https://eu-os.eu in the next days and analyse which aspects apply still in 2025.

#endof10 #Windows10 #DigitalSovereignty #DeutschlandStack #EuroStack #opensource

@eu_os 2005... that's about when SuSE (and later Novell) made a big push for Linux on the Desktop. I remember crowing PR releases from Novell about various German cities adopting SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and yeeting all their Windows.

@eu_os @EC_DIGIT

"Early access" to a 20 year old study. I feel your pain.

@robpomeroy @EC_DIGIT 😅 😂 😭

One should do another request for all information that the public sector holds and deems relevant for the #EU_OS project. Why is this wealth of information hidden in some archives? Glad at least this one is public now.

Reminds us also of this other request that was not successful:

https://fragdenstaat.de/anfrage/linux-plus-1-1/990503/anhang/00-20250409-antwortschreiben-izg-329322_geschwaerzt.pdf

00-20250409-antwortschreiben-izg-329322_geschwaerzt.pdf in Anfrage „Linux Plus 1“ - FragDenStaat

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