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Switzerland's Federal Government Tests Open-Source Alternatives
Switzerland's Federal Government Tests Open-Source Alternatives to Microsoft on 3,000 Computers
TL;DRSwitzerland's government testing open-source alternatives to Microsoft on 3,000 computers.
Why it matters: Large-scale gov't adoption signals viability of open-source productivity tools and reduces vendor lock-in risks.
Switzerland has a population of 9,154,242. And its federal government just launched a pilot program to test open source alternatives to Microsoft 365 on 3,000 workstations, reports the blog It's FOSS. "That's about 7% of the federal workforce." The target is to complete the…
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