Romas SkersisMar 29
@humanhorseshoes
The key question: Why is Nextcloud involved?
Show threadViktor Nagornyy
@skersis @humanhorseshoes article answers your question:
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Microsoft-alternative-Nextcloud-and-Ionos-develop-open-source-Euro-Office-11228123.html
Microsoft alternative: Nextcloud and Ionos develop open-source ‘Euro-Office’

Nextcloud and Ionos are promising a modern, open-source office suite for the summer. To achieve this goal, they have forked OnlyOffice.

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Mar 29 at 3:06pmWeb
Show threadRomas SkersisMar 29
@viktor
"Found it. Heise quotes Karlitschek directly: 'We can vouch for our version' and 'Anyone can check it themselves.'
That's not an audit — that's a reputation pledge plus open source transparency. Both are legitimate, but neither is what CryptPad did: they documented specific sandboxing architecture precisely because they explicitly do not trust the upstream code.
The question now: where is the Euro-Office threat model document?
Show threadViktor NagornyyMar 29
@skersis this is just the beginning, tech preview release. More will come as project matures.
Show threadRomas SkersisMar 29
@viktor
This project repeats the Jolla way. If at any point you use a Russian solution, you can no longer say, “Now this is clear.”
Show threadViktor NagornyyMar 29
@skersis that's the beauty of transparent, open source code. Everything can be checked and verified by the community, and it will be. You might disagree, but that's my personal view and the reason I like and advocate for open source.