Whether Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark, or the International Criminal Court in The Hague – in view of foreign policy developments, more and more authorities are switching to domestic and/or open source software. The EU Commission has set up a framework for digital sovereignty. But the Free State of Bavaria, which houses Microsoft‘s German headquarters, plans to conclude a billion-dollar contract with the US company at the end of the year. What was probably supposed to take place quietly is now being harshly criticized by a broad front, with an open letter calling for the negotiations to be suspended.
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