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[โ€“] Humanius@lemmy.world 47 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Its one of those multi-page list articles.

These are countries so you can save yourself ten clicks:

  • Germany โ€“ Schleswigโ€‘Holstein
  • Estonia
  • France - Interior Ministry & Police
  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
  • Finland
  • Italy - Defence
  • Denmark
  • Spain โ€“ Valencia
  • Switzerland

There is also some signs that the list might be AI generated, but I am not 100% certain about that.

[โ€“] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've not heard a single thing here in Finland that any governmental or related entity would be moving away from MS.

[โ€“] Humanius@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

From the article:

Finlandโ€™s newly elected government has declared that open-source solutions and open standards must now be prioritized in all public software procurement. That means a gradual but clear shift away from Microsoft wherever open alternatives are suitable.

This transition is more than philosophicalโ€”itโ€™s about resilience. With native auditing, flexible APIs, and local control, Finland is making cloud computing security a built-in part of public infrastructure rather than an afterthought.

God.. the AI-sloppiness of that paragraph is so strong..

Finlandโ€™s embrace of open standards goes back to JUHTA guidelines in 2009, but the 2025 government programme turns recommendations into law. From Q1 2025 every central-government RFP must justify any deviation from open-source optionsโ€”a reversal of the burden of proof that effectively dethrones proprietary incumbents.

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[โ€“] XTL@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 days ago

And they've done exactly nothing. Let's hope this is a new step that leads to something.

[โ€“] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago

Now get together people and build THE European digital sovereignty!

[โ€“] zipping1039@piefed.social 9 points 5 days ago

This is a great opportunity to (re)build a robust digital service ecosystem in the EU, both allowing for economic growth and reducing or even eliminating one of the dependencies of the US. Allows to leverage tariffs on services in up coming trade negotiations, if we're quick enough.

[โ€“] Libb@piefed.social 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Before rejoicing, I'll wait after Trump announces a 200% tax on EU made products unless we start buying more US digital software and services and we remove rules and regulations, data protection,...

[โ€“] dynamoMaus@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This ad placement on mobile makes the article unreadable for me. So annoying

[โ€“] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

uBlock origin makes that problem go away.

[โ€“] dynamoMaus@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Mobile. Calyx. Don't want to root it.

[โ€“] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 3 points 5 days ago

You can install extension to firefox mobile on android. I'm using IronFox though.

[โ€“] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't have this issue with FirefoxFocus

[โ€“] claimsou@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I just installed to try. What is this magic!!