MartaDec 26

«The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court suddenly couldn't access his email. According to Microsoft, that's because of US sanctions against the court's employees. Trump was not amused by the Court's arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu.

The main takeaway from this episode is that those looking to protect themselves from Trump's wrath would be wise not to depend on any companies from his country. The ICC now uses a German alternative, #OpenDesk».
https://dub.uu.nl/en/news/can-dutch-universities-do-without-microsoft

Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft?

Can Dutch higher education part ways with Microsoft? The sector is trying to break free, and alternatives are being explored here and there. At the same time, more and more tasks are being completed by Microsoft tools.

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Show threadash Dec 26
@teclista OpenDesk is an open source project meant to be hosted under the actual control of those using it, so that's neat too
Show threadMarcial 🇨🇷🇻🇪Dec 26
@teclista Were you able to find a repo for it/its projects? I couldn’t hunt down any code from their homepage. I’m curious to see what it looks like underneath!
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@moshimotsu @teclista You can find the source here: https://gitlab.opencode.de/bmi/opendesk

Wish it'd be more prominent on their homepage

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