MS-365 Alternative OpenDesk to Conquer the German Federal Defence (Bundeswehr)

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Post by null4bl3 » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 11:30 AM UTC

MS-365 Alternative OpenDesk to Conquer the German Federal Defence (Bundeswehr)
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Re: MS-365 Alternative OpenDesk to Conquer the German Federal Defence (Bundeswehr)

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Post by null4bl3 » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 11:30 AM UTC

The alternative offers open source solutions like Nextcloud and Matrix

Re: MS-365 Alternative OpenDesk to Conquer the German Federal Defence (Bundeswehr)

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Post by theGeatZhopa » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 11:44 AM UTC

null4bl3 wrote: post #2

The alternative offers open source solutions like Nextcloud and Matrix

which would be better in terms of dependence on an US company that can shutdown operations at any time, if one (!) person in charge says so.

And, as we can see, its obviosly a weapon that hasn't been used right now - in oppposit to (stupid) tariffs calculations.

The germans should foster the development of OpenDesk based on OSS like it is proposed and already done. MSFT should be ditched, Linux and open source should be welcomed.

Re: MS-365 Alternative OpenDesk to Conquer the German Federal Defence (Bundeswehr)

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Post by alexlarsson » Fri, Apr 11, 2025, 8:19 AM UTC

As per https://gitlab.opencode.de/bmi/opendesk/info/-/blob/main/OVE...

This has:

  * libreoffice online
  * element / matrix
  * jitsi video conferencing
  * nextcloud file/data synchronization
  * dovecot imap server
  * identity management via samba4
  * xwiki - wiki

Seems nice.