Before the Danish government announced its move, Denmark's largest cities, Copenhagen and Aarhus, had already announced plans ...

Denmark is embarking on an ambitious effort to reduce its reliance on proprietary software from foreign tech giants by ...

Denmark is replacing Office 365 and Windows with Linux and LibreOffice in a move toward digital independence and data control.

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

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

Governments have shifted away from Windows as a default in the past, but this is a pretty high profile one. Denmark is a pretty big economic player in Europe, and often ranks as a top ten nation ...

Denmark is moving to phase out Microsoft Office in favor of LibreOffice across its public sector in a bid to strengthen its digital sovereignty.

Denmark's Ministry for Digital Affairs has begun replacing Microsoft Office 365 with LibreOffice and is exploring wider adoption of Linux, citing Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

Microsoft Office is being banned from government systems in some European countries, including Germany, to maintain data ...

Last year, a German state office announced a similar effort to transition 30,000 employees to Linux and LibreOffice. In Denmark’s case, two other major cities, Copenhagen and Aarhus, also want ...

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