On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM Timothy M Butterworth <
timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM Jeffrey Walton <
noloader@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It appears US President Trump is good for Linux.
> >
> > >From "This city is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for OnlyOffice
> > and Linux - here's why",
> > <
https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-city-is-dumping-microsoft-office-and-windows-for-onlyoffice-and-linux-heres-why/>:
> >
> > Is it something in the water? First, it was Denmark bidding Microsoft
> > adieu. Then it was the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Now it's
> > Lyon, France's third-largest city and a leading economic hub, sweeping
> > Microsoft Windows and Office suite away to replace them with Linux,
> > OnlyOffice, NextCloud, and PostgreSQL.
> > ...
> >
> > Training for 10,000 civil servants began in June 2025. Lyon's
> > migration to Linux is being closely watched as a potential blueprint
> > for other municipalities seeking greater digital independence and
> > sustainability. Who knows, the "Year of the Linux desktop" may finally
> > arrive not because people have grown tired of Windows' manifold
> > problems or Linux's advantages, but because governments are worried
> > about putting all their IT eggs in one US-based Microsoft basket.
> >
>
> France's Military moved from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice back
> years ago. Hopefully more government organizations will make the move.
LibreOffice has been making inroads into a lot of public sector organizations.
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice_Migrations