More and more governments and organisations are freeing themselves from vendor lock-in! The Austrian military has moved 16,000 PCs to #LibreOffice – getting vital digital sovereignty in the process: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/30/austrias-military-switches-from-microsoft-office-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware
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Good for them !!
Up here 🇨🇦 almost everything used is prorpietary Windows software.
Although I have seen various moves to some open source software (Experimental) and some moves to Linux (Experimental).
@libreoffice @repo Behalve … in vlaenderen … 😂
@libreoffice The original article at @heisec shows well how the question aroused of the cloud use. They seem to have used already Linux as OS: "the Austrian Armed Forces did not use Microsoft's email or collaboration solutions, but self-hosted Linux servers with Samba. Nevertheless, Microsoft Office was deeply embedded in the IT workflows." https://www.heise.de/en/news/Austria-s-armed-forces-switch-to-LibreOffice-10660761.html
@libreoffice Amazing seeing more orgs move over to LibreOffice, Amazing seeing full military sectors moving over as well. Most likely saved so much money per year as well.
@libreoffice Congratulations! Glad you're getting more notice and adoption from larger and larger entities. And THANKS for all you DO!
@libreoffice Many more need to do it droves. Ridiculous to paying a subscription for apps most people rarely use except to update their resume maybe once in a blue moon and a student don’t need it either just to write essays and school reports.
@libreoffice The PR didn't tell if they plan to leave Windows as well. Otherwise it's pointless security wise.
@laurenternes The original article (linked in the above): "However, even then, the Austrian Armed Forces did not use Microsoft's email or collaboration solutions, but self-hosted Linux servers with Samba." https://www.heise.de/en/news/Austria-s-armed-forces-switch-to-LibreOffice-10660761.html
The question now arose with the cloud.
@laurenternes Not pointless. Perhaps not doing everything at once. Perhaps requiring additional care (which I would already expect of an organization like the military).
It's far easier to change one thing at a time, evaluate, determine what the pain points are, adjust and move forward from there; than to uproot everything at once and realize that something don't meet a fundamental need.
Let's please not fall into the trap of demanding absolute perfection in order to do better.
@libreoffice new MS headquarter in australia ahead
@libreoffice Hope they also contribute to the project
@andersgo The blog post shows the contributions they have made 😉
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