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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by xp84 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @11:32AM (#46925112)
“Once ready” they’ll save (somewhat) on licenses, what about paying for it during the years it will take to build it, while it’s not ready?

When any random company makes a Build vs. Buy decision the question is “is this a core competency?” Most companies use a package from MS or GOOG because it’s unlikely that they’ll be so good at productivity software that it’s (A) worth distracting themselves from their actual job and (B) good enough. The same caveats apply here.

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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by parchley on Saturday February 07, 2026 @11:39AM (#46925176)
No, suggestion those caveats show that you are out of touch with what is at stake. This is about digital sovereignty, not saving money. It’s about not relying on the US. The US is literally forcing our hands here.
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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by 999900000999 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @11:59AM (#46925354)
Honestly it's probably a good idea for governments to self host and self support anything that's important.

>Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China

https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-sharepoint-hack...

Open source alternatives, audited by international teams could be much more trust worthy than closed sourced black boxes.

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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by PlatoIsADisease on Saturday February 07, 2026 @12:38PM (#46925724)
That explains why Android was not affected by Pegasus and Apple was.
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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by fn-mote on Saturday February 07, 2026 @01:20PM (#46926144)
You forgot the /s

I suppose the assumption is that every HN reader follows headline hacking news, which is valid but still I did a double-take at the comment.

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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by PlatoIsADisease on Saturday February 07, 2026 @06:53PM (#46929661)
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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by deaux on Saturday February 07, 2026 @10:09PM (#46930963)
More like they don't even need Pegasus to get Androids.
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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by PlatoIsADisease on Sunday February 08, 2026 @06:59AM (#46933505)
?

Android has a higher bounty than Iphone. Anyway, sorry about your easily hackable phone. Hope you arent a VIP.

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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by Certhas on Saturday February 07, 2026 @12:10PM (#46925453)
Being able to operate sovereignly is a core competency for governments.
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Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite by PlatoIsADisease on Saturday February 07, 2026 @12:39PM (#46925737)
>sovereignly

Minor powers still bend to the great powers.

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