herseycokguzelolacakAustrian Ministry Kicks Out Microsoft in Favor of Nextcloud
artyomMicrosoft Teams remains available specifically for external meetings (read: for people who haven’t moved away from Teams).
Someone should tell them they can invite external people to their Nextcloud Meetings. Or a dozen other FOSS meeting platforms…
Jitsi rocks my bitsies
ITeeTechMonkeyAs much as I want to make a joke about Teams sucking this will be the foothold that Microsoft uses to work their way back in.
Its what people know and are familiar with and it might cause enough friction to undo the migration.
If more of the EU moves to FOSS solutions that’ll be massive for the community. (And a big driver for recruiting Linux sysadmins)
It’s the perfect solution just waiting to be kickstarted.
The entire world would gain so much from investing into FOSS. Just a fraction of the price of locked-in solutions, and it would change the world.
The Linux kernel development structure works really well for industry. A lot of companies which depend on Linux hire people specifically to contribute to kernel development. The companies benefit in getting their specific needs met and we all benefit from the improvements they’ve made to the kernel.
Look at how much better the WINE ecosystem is now that Valve has developers working on the project. It went from a neat piece of software that had a lot of rough edges and required someone with a bit of technical knowledge to ‘Check the compatibility box’ in about 2 years.
This kind of FOSS interaction is a much more sustainable and scalable structure than the entire world paying one company who then hires all of the developers and charges everyone a premium.
It seems that every company uses FOSS products, and almost none actually supports the products (in relative numbers).
Valve wanted a competing OS to Windows, so they are sort-of an enemy of my enemy.
EU should force companies to give dividens to FOSS projects.
Yeah, very few actually contribute. Hopefully if this catches on the EU can do something to encourge this.
EU has shown a willingness to enact legislation to force tech companies to behave, for example by forcing USB-C standard ports for charging in order to reduce e-waste, the GDPR which protects privacy and and right to repair law so manufacturers don’t use shady tactics to ensure that they’re the only source of repair and replacement for their hardware.
1985MustangCobraenjoy getting support.
You mean support that can be provided not by a single incumbent, but by multiple companies and you can choose the one you prefer?
lol you think someone is going to provide support for a linux desktop app. ok
You think Nextcloud is a linux desktop app?
Anyway, https://nextcloud.com/partners/
Great news! It’s much more beneficial for all involved parties. Also, as the article mentions, moving to FOSS doesn’t mean you’re on your own. Just like Microsoft “Partners” help with integration and smooth operation, there are similar agencies offering the same services for FOSS solutions.
Not only that, but feedback and bugfixes to FOSS software indirectly benefits others too instead of some Microsoft manager. So, good use of tax money benefiting citizens and everyone else!