It's not about the cost savings, either. Many government organizations are replacing Microsoft software for a more important reason.

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The Austrian Armed Forces are discontinuing the use of Microsoft Office in favor of the open-source office software ...

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Austria’s armed forces have shifted from Microsoft Office to the open-source LibreOffice platform on approximately 16,000 desktops, a move framed by defence authorities as a step toward digital ...

The state administration of Schleswig-Holstein has completed the migration of its mail system from Microsoft Exchange and ...

Microsoft is Losing Europe. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 02, 2025. Hence all the "support" and "discount" offers that are limited to Europe. Published a fortnight ago: "Austri ...