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Estonian state trialing IT system free from US tech giants (news.err.ee)
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The Estonian state is to analyze how viable it would be to reduce dependence on U.S. tech giants such as Microsoft, Google or Amazon for its software.

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[–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

I ran the back of the napkin math on this for my org (US local government). Not really possible unless you're just doing office work. Microsoft is so deeply ingrained in govtech that you can't even shrink your footprint. That's not even counting the political and cultural buy-in before you start the lift.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I found open standards were easier to push. You can, as an org, force Office to save as OpenDocument formats. Converting records takes some investment too though, but that one REALLY can show why it matters some times too. There are US laws that require documents be in those formats actually, for gov that is.

    That also opens up the fringes/early adoptors to use FOSS apps if they can.

    I said it before, but I'll say it again. Every bit of liberation makes the next part easier. Even if it's small.

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