Dorota Beres

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@HI_Greens/115962695615993261

Would love for the Danish government to do the same!

Jan 26 at 10:16pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadHighlands & Islands GreensJan 26
@dorotaberes They're working on it... https://www.datacenter-forum.com/datacenter-forum/danish-ministry-of-digitalization-phases-out-microsoft-launches-new-digitalization-strategy
Danish Ministry of Digitalization phases out Microsoft, launches new digitalization strategy

Show threadDorota BeresJan 27
@HI_Greens if this is true, I’m very happy. But as part of the govt. administration myself I have not heard of it. Maybe my sector is delayed, but our tactics are moving towards Microsoft and not away from it, unfortunately.
Show threadHighlands & Islands GreensJan 27
@dorotaberes That's interesting, but it is also a bit strange - we have been reading about the Danish state's pivot away from microsoft products for about a year now. Initially, the switch to open source was promoted as a cost-saving effort, lately it's been promoted as necessary to reduce Denmark's operational vulnerability if the US continues to become a hostile, rogue state.
Out of curiosity, what sector are you in?
Show threadHighlands & Islands GreensJan 27

@dorotaberes For the moment, it seems to be municipal gov'ts and one govt agency, but they also have a longterm plan for migration:

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/06/12/two-city-governments-in-denmark-are-moving-away-from-microsoft-amid-trump-and-us-big-tech-

https://www.leuropeista.it/en/denmark-ditches-microsoft-and-aims-for-technological-sovereignty-but-with-what-technologies/

Danish cities drop Microsoft over concerns about Trump and US Big Tech

Two of Denmark’s biggest municipalities are saying no to US cloud services in the latest move by European governments to reduce their reliance on American Big Tech.

euronews
Show threadDorota BeresJan 27
@HI_Greens maybe I’m uninformed. I agree on the cloud solutions but as I see it we are still using and planning to use Microsoft apps. Maybe it is because there’s a difference btw government and municipal legislation and policies. I work under a ministry in Denmark (government).