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

Microsoft Office is used in offices at the same time in schools and also for personal use worldwide. But now, some countries ...

German state of Schleswig-Holstein also turns its back on Microsoft as Europeans fear being ‘blackmailed’ by Big Tech ...

With the Document Foundation, another group from the world of free software has joined the “End of 10” campaign launched by ...

The German state of Schleswig-Holstein is undertaking a historic shift in public-sector IT, replacing Microsoft products with ...

The Document Foundation, the organization that backs and guides development of LibreOffice since Oracle dropped the ball, has ...

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

German state Schleswig-Holstein wants to remove all traces of Microsoft, including Windows Transition started in 2023, and should be complete by the end of 2025 Digitalization minister says, "We're ...

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

Denmark wants out of Microsoft's grip, turning to Linux and LibreOffice for independence The Danish government is choosing ...

Get the same features without spending anything. GIMP, Tubi, LibreOffice, and others offer free alternatives to expensive ...

Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 10 security updates on October 14, 2025, even though the operating system remains ...