cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/9309673

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• The largest German state, Bavaria, has canceled a nearly billion-euro contract with Microsoft.
• The state administration will pursue a “sovereign basic workspace” based on open-source components.
• Bavaria’s Digital Minister Fabian Mehring says the decision allows the state to protect itself from price hikes and ensure data privacy.

The Bavarian Ministry for Digital Affairs has officially announced the cancellation of a planned framework agreement with American tech giant Microsoft intended to implement its productivity suite across the state administration.

Regional news website Mittelstand in Bayern reports that Microsoft services would have cost nearly €1 billion ($1.16 billion) over a five-year period.

Instead, Bavaria will pursue a “sovereign basic workspace” based on open-source components.

The decision comes after a months-long power struggle between the state’s Finance Ministry, led by Albert Füracker, who wanted to consolidate existing contracts and secure discounts, and Digital Minister Fabian Mehring, who pushed for open source.

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/28901474

Nice to see, how the score comes together.

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/27645260

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/27528031

English:

First of all, I would like to apologize for the delay in regards to the decision on the Archive webpages.

For the time being, we ask you to not use the affected Archive webpages, due to the reasons mentioned in the previous pinned post. Generally in instances where the aforementioned Archive webpages are used, we will politely ask you to delete the links or change them to a different archiving provider. It applies to future posts from this point on. If the links are not removed or changed despite requests to do so, your post may be delete as we cannot edit your posts ourselves.

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We will inform you in case the situation changes.

We ask for you understanding.

https://feddit.org/post/25004491

Sometimes we just need to hear some good news.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/buyeuropean/p/1253528/jolla-phone-sep-ii-2026-new-batch-of-4000-phones

The independent European Do It Together (DIT) Linux phone, shaped by the people who use it.

cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/10375693

No need for Claude Code, Cursor, or other proprietary American counterparts

geteilt von: https://piefed.zip/c/buyeuropean/p/1180734/bigswitch-eu-european-alternatives-to-big-tech-hosted-on-codeberg

https://codeberg.org/sabrinazaki/BigSwitch.eu

The community-driven directory for digital sovereignty. Discover GDPR-compliant, EU-owned, open-source alternatives to US Big Tech tools.

Ye another thematic website, but this time the list and frontend is open source. That wins sympathy points, but I doubt that the JSON file will scale, and I doubt that we need the third-ish answer to the same question.

Anyhow: give it a try and submit whatever comes to your mind.

Früher ein Repository auf Codeberg, jetzt eine einfache Website.

Edit: manchmal wird die Seite leer angezeigt, weil der Entwickler z.B. das Backend neu startet. Der ursprüngliche Fehler hier im Forum wurde tatsächlich gefixt.