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submitted 11 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/opensource@programming.dev

The Austrian Armed Forces have been preparing for the switch to LibreOffice for a long time. Other LibreOffice users will also benefit from this.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.heise.de/en/news/Austria-s-armed-forces-switch-to-LibreOffice-10660761.html

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[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 31 points 11 months ago

Well it certainly didn't make sense to run your military infra on US proprietary software.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 13 points 11 months ago

Similarly in France the "Gendarmerie nationale", a branch of the French Armed Forces that do the police has been using "GendBuntu" on all their desktop since 2008.

It's a version of Ubuntu developed specifically for them.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 11 months ago

I suppose this is a move to become independent from USAmerican technology. Which makes sense, considering Trump's unpredictability. But it's still a good move anyways, independent of Trump, they should do it anyways.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Be interested to know how they migrated Excel accurately. That's the killer app for Office and what makes migration difficult.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

I just switched the other day after Microsoft emailed me reminding me that my subscription ends in a month.

Then I cancelled right away and got $15 back.

After they offered me "AI free office" for like $40 less which I didn't even want in the first place.

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