Several European governments and organizations have decided to drop Microsoft products like Office or Windows in favor of open-source equivalents. Here's why.

Plans to go open-source were drawn up by Schleswig-Holstein as far back as 2017. In 2021, the state found another incentive ...

Microsoft Office is being banned from government systems in some European countries, including Germany, to maintain data ...

The main reason behind this is that the German government wants to keep its data safe and stored inside the country.

The radical change is being hailed as a major step toward "digital sovereignty" and a signal of growing European resistance ...

Denmark is embarking on an ambitious effort to reduce its reliance on proprietary software from foreign tech giants by ...

Denmark is replacing Office 365 and Windows with Linux and LibreOffice in a move toward digital independence and data control ...

Given that earlier this year, US President Donald Trump was making noises about taking over Greenland, an autonomous ...

Relying too heavily on a US tech giant for your nation’s digital infrastructure is starting to feel a bit… well, risky.

Denmark is moving to phase out Microsoft Office in favor of LibreOffice across its public sector in a bid to strengthen its ...

The Danish Ministry for Digital Affairs will move half of its employees off Windows and Microsoft 365 next month as part of a ...

Before the Danish government announced its move, Denmark's largest cities, Copenhagen and Aarhus, had already announced plans ...