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Inside the German State Trying to Break Free From Microsoft

Summary by Irish Times
Schleswig-Holstein’s radical tech overhaul offers Europe a live experiment in ending dependence on US Big Tech

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Inside the German state trying to break free from Microsoft

Schleswig-Holstein’s radical tech overhaul offers Europe a live experiment in ending dependence on US Big Tech

·Dublin, Ireland
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It Is Possible: Breaking the Dependency on American Tech. These Are the Hurdles the German State Overcame to Dump Microsoft.

The government apparatus of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein is in the process of replacing all Microsoft software with ‘open source’ alternatives. It is not going smoothly. “We shouldn’t be too ideological. The most important thing is that we start somewhere.”

·Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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NRC Handelsblad broke the news in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Friday, April 3, 2026.
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