RegApr 2

This looks like the EU is finally offering an alternative suite of office tools to replace US corporate offerings from Google and Microsoft.

https://office.eu/

Edit: this is *not* an EU-backed programme, but an EU-based company offering an EU-hosted and owned office alternative to Microsoft/GCP providing migration and infrastructure services.

Show threadNicovel0 🍉Apr 2
@ReggieHere while I am really happy to see this, let’s note that the name of this service is a little misleading: it is run by a NL based company, not the European Parliament or commission. It does seems to do what it says on the tin, which is to provide an EU/EFTA based cloud office suite.
Show threadRegApr 2

@Nicovel0

Agreed, although with open source applications and EU compliant hosting and storage it's still a significant improvement on M$ and Google.

Developing tools to transition from US corporate alternatives will undoubtedly encourage orgnisations to switch, but it would be nice to see an official EU version or at least some alternative commercial options alongside this one.

Show threadNicovel0 🍉Apr 2
@ReggieHere oh absolutely, and that is the biggest step. Once people/companies are on a system like this it is much easier to move to another host or self host than if still in a big tech cloud. Really hoping to do this for my family soon.
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@Nicovel0

Agreed, and giving CIOs simple options to migrate will take away excuses.

The one glaring omission to the growing list of EU alternatives is an open source mobile operating system to compete with Android and iOS.

Apr 2 at 8:52amWeb