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⚡️🇨🇭 NEW - Switzerland is spending more than $11 million to move away from Microsoft 365 and switch to open-source software.
The Swiss government plans to spend 9 million Swiss francs to replace Microsoft apps such as Outlook and Teams with the open-source openDesk suite.
The first step will cover 3,000 government computers, with the switch expected to be completed by the end of 2027.
Switzerland first tested openDesk with 172 employees and it worked well for everyday tasks.
The plan could grow much larger. Switzerland has about 54,000 government computers and may eventually switch all of them.
Switzerland want give the government more control over its software and data.
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2026-09-13 18:25:01 UTCEvent JSON
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