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Also in June of 2025, the French city of Lyon announced it would also stop using Microsoft Office for its 10,000 employees, and switch to an # #OpenSource software alternative. City officials pointed to licensing costs, end-of-life transition costs for version changes, and control of their own data, were reasons cited.
Previously reported by yours truly, in January of 2026, France announced they would cancel Microsoft Teams for all national government employees and instead move to an OSS alternative that also stored all data on French cloud services.
#FOSS
https://www.zdnet.com/article/france-dumps-teams-zoom-digital-sovereignty-replacement/
Almost time for lunch in my corner of the planet, so a final post for today. The transition to #OpenSource in Europe is growing. In addition to examples cited above, the Austrian military and Danish governments have announced plans to go Microsoft-Free, and Munich is looking to restart their efforts after an earlier failed project. It has to be a worrying trend for Microsoft, and all U.S. tech firms, and IMO it soon will be irreversible.
#DigitalSovereignty
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/europe-zoom-teams-france-us-b2913584.html
To my European followers, or followers anywhere on the planet. Did I miss any important examples of governments, organizations, or companies who have publicly announced they are moving towards an #OpenSource software platform? Let us know as these stories are a source of inspiration here in Canada.
@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty The French gendarmerie (military police) has moved towards a distribution of Ubuntu Linux called "Gendbutu". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu
@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty And from what I understand, in Switzerland, the software used in public administrations is mandated by law to be open-source: https://www.bk.admin.ch/bk/en/home/digitale-transformation-ikt-lenkung/bundesarchitektur/open_source_software.html
