Euro-Office to challenge Microsoft in Europe ?

[outdagap]

Is this wishful thinking with the EU ?

Europe builds Microsoft-alternative ‘Euro-Office’ to reclaim digital sovereignty

The open-source initiative promises seamless document compatibility, transparent governance, and reduced dependency on non-European platforms.

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Europe builds Microsoft-alternative ‘Euro-Office’ to reclaim digital sovereignty​

The open-source initiative promises seamless document compatibility, transparent governance, and reduced dependency on non-European platforms.

Europe builds Microsoft-alternative ‘Euro-Office’ to reclaim digital sovereignty​

The open-source initiative promises seamless document compatibility, transparent governance, and reduced dependency on non-European platforms.
Today, a coalition of European enterprises and community organisations has launched Euro-Office, a solution for editing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, developed as a true sovereign community collaboration of over a dozen different organisations. A tech preview is available immediately.

The effort, backed by major European tech firms including IONOS, Nextcloud, Eurostack, XWiki, OpenProject, Soverin, Abilian and BTactic is planning a first stable release by summer.

Need for a sovereign office​

Across Europe, public administrations, enterprises and educational institutions are reassessing their dependence on non-European productivity platforms. While office software remains mission-critical infrastructure, there is currently no solution that combines full Microsoft format compatibility, a familiar user experience and genuine digital sovereignty under European stewardship.

The announcement comes at a time when many organisations are reassessing their reliance on existing office solutions, not only from a cost or functionality perspective, but increasingly from a control and long-term risk standpoint. Just this week, it became public that ONLYOFFICE has shut down its cloud offering, forcing many organisations to reassess their current setup.

"With the geo-political developments we have seen in the last year, there is a clear need for a reliable, fully Microsoft-compatible and easy-to-use sovereign office solution in Europe," states Achim Weiss, CEO of IONOS.

Euro-Office - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Euro-Office is a free, open-source alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Docs

The app is available in preview right now.

www.xda-developers.com

 

[omar]

I suppose Microsoft couldn't guarantee full back door security to Europeans. It's understandable they want to develop alternatives.

 

[Handy Run]

The French are running some govt departments on their own version called Le Suite.

Why the fuck should we continue to send billions to Microsoft when they'll just pass all our info to the US govt anyway. Imagine having very sensitive commercial data saved to Office 365 and one of Trump's buddies decide they'd like that info...

We might as well be using whatever the CCP is selling.

 

[HRN]

The French are running some govt departments on their own version called Le Suite.

Why the fuck should we continue to send billions to Microsoft when they'll just pass all our info to the US govt anyway. Imagine having very sensitive commercial data saved to Office 365 and one of Trump's buddies decide they'd like that info...

We might as well be using whatever the CCP is selling.

Bingo.

We had to do a full switch swap out from Huawei because of CCP spyware threats.
In went CISCO!

 

[jeepers]

The French are running some govt departments on their own version called Le Suite.

Why the fuck should we continue to send billions to Microsoft when they'll just pass all our info to the US govt anyway. Imagine having very sensitive commercial data saved to Office 365 and one of Trump's buddies decide they'd like that info...

We might as well be using whatever the CCP is selling.

Totally. I work for a UK-based consultancy and we're starting to eat into the market share of a few of the bigger hitters, most of which are American. Although we're global, and have a yank subsidiary, in no way do I think our commercial data are confidential.

 

[Coach and Six]

A light weight French alternative to Google and Microsoft drives:
https://cryptpad.fr

Supported by the Frog government too. No Epstein-island CEO/founders involved.

 

[king of the BONGO]

Although we're global

sounds like a banners brokers situation m8.

 

[jeepers]

sounds like a banners brokers situation m8.

Please God, BongoY

 

[Turf cutter]

The French are running some govt departments on their own version called Le Suite.

Why the fuck should we continue to send billions to Microsoft when they'll just pass all our info to the US govt anyway. Imagine having very sensitive commercial data saved to Office 365 and one of Trump's buddies decide they'd like that info...

We might as well be using whatever the CCP is selling.

Word.

 

[Browser Brody]

What they (EU) should really be focusing on is developing a European equivalent for Xerox- PARC …….i.e. a breeding ground for technologists and free thinkers…