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Re:German state Schleswig Holstein is rolling out their Open... by divbzero on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @03:04PM (#39921602)
> Umstieg von Microsoft Office auf LibreOffice

> Umstieg des Betriebssystems von Microsoft Windows auf Linux

Would Google Docs/Sheets/Slides be allowed under Schleswig Holstein's open source strategy even though Google services are not open source? I could see some users preferring Google Docs/Sheets/Slides over LibreOffice and make the switch from Windows to Linux more palatable.

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Re:German state Schleswig Holstein is rolling out their Open... by hans_castorp on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @03:10PM (#39921694)
> I could see some users preferring Google Docs/Sheets/Slides over LibreOffice

Google Doc always stores the files on the Google server, correct? In that case that is most likely an absolute show stopper for a German state authority.

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Re:German state Schleswig Holstein is rolling out their Open... by amaccuish on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @03:13PM (#39921734)
Given that they're moving to Libreoffice, I imagine the collabora integration with Nextcloud (which is, IIRC, a VNC like interface to Libreoffice), would be a better bet.
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Re:German state Schleswig Holstein is rolling out their Open... by coffeeling on Saturday April 06, 2024 @02:20PM (#39954321)
Functionally, sure. But a lot of their concerns are about data sovereignty after an European court had issues with M365. Given what a stickler for compliance MS typically is, I don't imagine Google would fare any better.
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