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Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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Article says they are switching to OnlyOffice.

It looks and feels very similar to ms office (So easier to adopt than libre)

https://www.onlyoffice.com/document-editor.aspx?docs=downloa...

https://www.onlyoffice.com/spreadsheet-editor.aspx?docs=down...

(Edited to remove statement saying paid product, as it's free with enterprise offerings as below)

Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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Well open-source projects are free. Why pay for editing Software while you can get it for free in 2025 ??

You're very very wrong nowadays, see https://code.gouv.fr/fr/ and https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/socle-interministeriel-... .

Thank you. Baseless cynicism gets tiring. Not that governments are perfect, but overall it works better than people credit them for.

The French government has been investing in open source for quite a long time now, just not on sexy and high-visibility projects.

Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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post #61

Article says they are switching to OnlyOffice. It looks and feels very similar to ms office (So easier to adopt than libre) https://www.onlyoffice.com/document-editor.aspx?docs=downloa... https://www.onlyoffice.com/spreadsheet-editor.aspx?docs=down... (Edited to remove statement saying paid product, as it's free with enterprise offerings as below)

You can actually use it for free, I don't know if that's just for private use, or if it's something like Nextcloud that you can self-host for free.

Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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post #63
post #61

Article says they are switching to OnlyOffice. It looks and feels very similar to ms office (So easier to adopt than libre) https://www.onlyoffice.com/document-editor.aspx?docs=downloa... https://www.onlyoffice.com/spreadsheet-editor.aspx?docs=down... (Edited to remove statement saying paid product, as it's free with enterprise offerings as below)

You can actually use it for free, I don't know if that's just for private use, or if it's something like Nextcloud that you can self-host for free.

Thanks, found the GitHub for it

https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/

Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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It's funny that you think proprietary code is audited.

Well, I suppose there is a tighter control on who is allowed to commit.

Yes, but you have less people that can look at such commits. It's not so easy to claim that one is intrinsically more secure than the other. As someone in the cybersecurity field, I prefer FOSS software. But the situation is more nuanced than how you present it.

Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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I said this before, but will say it again: Trump is pure evil, but he is having positive (unintended) consequences. One of them will be is the migration he is triggering away from Big Tech.

Away from AMERICAN big tech

Well, I'm a FOSS supporter but, given the current situation, I would be happy if we had European big tech.

Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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post #32
post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's funny that you think proprietary code is audited.

Well, I suppose there is a tighter control on who is allowed to commit.

No there isn't. In fact proprietary projects are very happy to run "npm" or "pip install" or the java/go equivalents and install whatever.

I expect most projects don't even check they're not violating licenses or ever audit any dependency… let alone do a security check on who the authors are.

Also just FYI, russians are not stupid. If they want to contribute malware they won't do it from their kgb email address. They will create a fake identity with a very standard WASP name.

Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, I suppose there is a tighter control on who is allowed to commit.

No there isn't. In fact proprietary projects are very happy to run "npm" or "pip install" or the java/go equivalents and install whatever. I expect most projects don't even check they're not violating licenses or ever audit any dependency… let alone do a security check on who the authors are. Also just FYI, russians are not stupid. If they want to contribute malware they won't do it from their kgb email address. They…

I don't think that's true. Accountability will give proprietary projects an extra edge in terms of security.

Re: Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

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post #13

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dude... 'it has won in the market' : with those words, you have already lost to big tech...

Good luck changing reality.

With "people" like you, linux or any open source alternatives would not have happened.

You are part of the problem dude.

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