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This European military just ditched Microsoft for open-source LibreOffice - here's why

a year ago by ooli3 to c/buyeuropean

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It's not about the cost savings, either. Many government organizations are replacing Microsoft software for a more important reason.
thelsim 109 points a year ago

I really dislike clickbait headlines like these, it’s Austria if you’re wondering.

  • Austria's military has switched from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice.
  • The move was all about digital sovereignty, not cost savings.
  • Other governments are moving away from Microsoft to protect their citizens' privacy.

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Jack 14 points a year ago

I really dislike clickbait headlines like these, it’s Austria if you’re wondering.

Agreed. Come on Lemmy, we have to be better than these clickbait writing/pasting fuckwits.

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corsicanguppy 4 points a year ago

The real info is always in the comments. Thanks!

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thelsim 2 points a year ago

You’re welcome :)

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pdqcp 28 points a year ago

The best part is that they are also funding LibreOffice development. If everyone funds FOSS with money that would be used for MS subscriptions, we can further accelerate FOSS development

From the article:

Austria isn't just replacing Microsoft software. Unlike typical public-sector and corporate migrations, Austria's military has heavily invested in LibreOffice development itself. The armed forces have been funding the creation of new features and improvements that are now included in public releases. These additions, ranging from improved slideshow editing to better handling of pivot tables, have been rolled into the latest version of LibreOffice.

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stormeuh 2 points a year ago

Or even better: set up in-house software teams which partly contribute to FOSS, and partly work on in-house software. This can justify a larger developer pool, because when there is less in-house work for some reason, you reallocate some devs to open source work.

Of course contributing both money and developer time would be best.

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pennomi 27 points a year ago

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FrostyPolicy 7 points a year ago

They don' t need to care as they have corporations locked-in nicely.

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pennomi 10 points a year ago

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IpsumLauren 21 points a year ago

Reason #9 will shock you!

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SoleInvictus 6 points a year ago

Austrian military cuts software costs in half using this one weird old trick discovered by a German housewife.

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DreasNil 9 points a year ago

The more the merrier! 😊

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miked 5 points a year ago

I'm curious about the details.

Did they replace Onenote or Sharepoint?

Are they now running their own mail servers? If so, what are they using as an email client?

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corsicanguppy 3 points a year ago

The go-to rich email client bundle is TBird with the openXchange bolt-on.

But I'd like to see what the teamz and oneScrote upgrade path is. As terrible as they both are, they're entrenched; and a replacement needs to suck the same or less, while also protecting data sovereignty.

(Same or LESS, people. It's a easy bar technically but workflow and UX aren't considerations in the lost-boy post-dotcom world)

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