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Denmark’s Government Ditches Microsoft for Open Source
Quoting: Denmark's Government Ditches Microsoft for Open Source - OMG! Ubuntu —
Up to half of employees at Denmark’s Ministry of Digital Affairs will be switched to (an unspecified version of) Linux in place of Windows, and move from Office 365 to the leading open source productivity suite LibreOffice.
Denmark’s minister of digitisation, Caroline Stage Olsen, confirmed the migration is in progress to Danish media outlet Politiken (paywalled), adding that if all goes well the whole ministry will switch to using open source software by the autumn.
The move is being made to action the Danish government’s ‘digitalisation strategy’ which is making ‘digital sovereignty’ a priority for all government departments. Denmark, like many countries, wants to have greater control over its own digital infrastructure, data, and cloud services.
Of course, making the switch is one thing, whether it sticks another — something Olsen herself notes.
PCMag:
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Denmark Wants to Dump Microsoft Software for Linux, LibreOffice
A government ministry in Denmark is preparing to phase out Microsoft software and switch to the open-source Linux and LibreOffice.
The country’s Ministry for Digital Affairs will kick off the transition next month by dumping Windows and Microsoft 365, starting first with half of its employees. “If everything goes as expected, all employees will be on an open-source solution during the autumn,” Danish news outlet Politiken reports.
The change promises to save on costs and reduce the ministry’s dependency on US software. Denmark’s Minister for Digital Affairs, Caroline Stage, tells Politiken that "digital sovereignty" is now a priority under the ministry’s new four-year digitalization strategy.