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Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform

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Re: Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform

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post #6

I laud the attempt and I think it's important there are more projects that try to compete with their American counterparts. I do want to gently note that if your entire pitch is "we are a bold, independent European alternative that liberates you from the hegemony of the established American players," maybe don't name your product the exact same thing as the product you're replacing? "Office." They named it "Office."

For me, the charitable interpretation is that office is very close to a default term for the category of the software. Open Office, Libre Office, WPS Office, Only Office, Polaris Office.

One thing that may contribute to Europe's and the world's independence from Office is the notion that it's no longer a term distinctly associated with a Microsoft product.

I don't entirely disagree though because they could have attached some distinguishing prefix or suffix. Maybe that's what the .eu is.

Re: Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform

#22

Cheap purchased PR slop with fake articles and no product. e.g.: - https://hostingdiscussion.com/news/european-cloud-workspace-... - https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/amp/plataforma-offi... And it seems to be repackaged Collabora (~LibreOffice): https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/office_eu_suite/

LibreOffice came from OpenOffice which was StarOffice which was developed in Germany.

Re: Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform

#23
post #3

Cheap purchased PR slop with fake articles and no product. e.g.: - https://hostingdiscussion.com/news/european-cloud-workspace-... - https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/amp/plataforma-offi... And it seems to be repackaged Collabora (~LibreOffice): https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/office_eu_suite/

I need to learn this skill of producing nothing and pretending I have. It seems to be very rewarding, financially speaking.

Should have gotten an MBA instead of a BS.

Re: Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform

#24
post #10

> Office EU is a complete cloud-based office suite Issue is.. if you are a traditional MS Office "poweruser", the last thing you want to do is spend your days in a web browser. These apps should also be available as native apps, similar to MS Word, Excel, Pages, Keynote, etc.

This is probably not the target audience. Most people just need to write occasional letters and sign some files.

Re: Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform

#25
post #3

Cheap purchased PR slop with fake articles and no product. e.g.: - https://hostingdiscussion.com/news/european-cloud-workspace-... - https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/amp/plataforma-offi... And it seems to be repackaged Collabora (~LibreOffice): https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/office_eu_suite/

I need to learn this skill of producing nothing and pretending I have. It seems to be very rewarding, financially speaking.

In general getting EU grants is very lucrative. It takes some relationships and writing skill but in the end you never have to deliver any results (beyond maybe a report that no one ever reads)

Re: Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform

#26

Microsoft draws over 3 billion dollars out of Norway yearly. We are many that want this number much, much closer to zero. At it's small steps like this that makes it possible.

Your sovereign wealth fund probably makes 3 billion dollars out of Microsoft yearly.

Re: Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform

#27
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It also possibly sets a false expectation of perfect compatibility… you can imagine bureaucrats trying to figure out if a file needs to be opened in Office or Office (new)

Considering that for the average office worker I know switching from outlook to outlook (new) is a major hurdle within the same ecosystem, I can only imagine what they were thinking coming up with a name.

That is not even broaching the sacred domain-specific excel macros which will 100% break when you try and run in this program.

Re: Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform

#28
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