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International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative (www.euractiv.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38271574

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.

German newspaper Handelsblatt first reported on the plans. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration.

For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.

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[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 48 points 2 weeks ago

The ICC is one of those orgs where not having their data sitting on silicon valley servers is a big friggin' deal, and they should have probably thought of that years ago.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I look forward to a Europe fully on its own cloud and software stacks or at least FOSS options.

[–] far_university1990@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

How about own cloud stack on nextcloud?

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't tried NextCloud but it looks more like a hosted application stack like M365 rather than a general purpose cloud like AWS/Azure/gcloud. What would be really cool is a homegrown cloud that emulated AWS/Azure/gcloud API's so that you could easily port existing applications over.

[–] kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

A proper foss cloud stack is openstack

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why stop there? Let's get our own internet too. Euronet or something.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Sorta defeats the purpose of the Internet doesn't it?

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Let's hope that this process will continue even after Trump

[–] atmorous@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

The more people pushing for it the more it will happen. We all got this together

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago

Has anyone used OpenDesk? Looks like they have a community edition