France launches "LaSuite," an open-source office suite for digital sovereignty, reducing reliance on foreign proprietary software. 🖥️
Built on Matrix/TChap, LiveKit/Visio, Grist, and Drive—all MIT-licensed for any organization to deploy. 🇪🇺
🇫🇷 The French government is sending a message about digital independence by ditching Microsoft Teams and Zoom for its own platform, Visio. This move is not about a lack of features but a calculated push for digital sovereignty. By 2027, every government department in France will communicate via this sovereign stack, ensuring that sensitive data remains subject to European law. The shift addresses a growing concern that relying on foreign cloud giants creates a strategic vulnerability. France is opting for an open-source architecture built on Django and React, hosted on the domestic Outscale cloud. This infrastructure removes the risk of external service disruptions while fostering a local tech ecosystem.
🧠 The Visio platform integrates with Tchap, a secure messaging app based on the Matrix protocol.
⚡ French startup Pyannote provides the AI backbone for meeting transcripts and speaker identification.
🎓 The administration expects to save millions in annual licensing fees by using in-house software.
🔍 Data remains strictly within French jurisdiction to bypass foreign data access laws.
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Auf dem Bild ist der deutsche Bundestag von außen zu sehen. Im Bild steht: "Operation Souveränität
Bundestag will sich von Microsoft & Co. lösen" darunter steht: "Das Parlament plant einen tiefgreifenden Umbau seiner IT, um unabhängiger von US-Tech-Konzernen zu werden und die digitale Resilienz zu stärken."
#2026ce. The #cloud still doesn't know what the lights in my apartment are doing. I think that's a win in my book. Computers are dumb, but middle management is dumber. Punching a button on an app to turn down the house to 25% while watching a movie isn't nearly as fantastic as being off the grid. I love tech. I hate tech money. Resist.
Denmark has begun phasing out Microsoft software in government, with the Road Traffic Authority piloting a switch to open-source OS and office tools. 🖥️
Officials cite data control and vendor lock-in risks, signaling a broader push that could affect up to 15,000 public employees. 🔓