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The ICT assessment found that the chosen Microsoft 365 public-cloud design fell short on “information security, information processing and future-proofing.” Another key concern was preserving data confidentiality and control.

So just about the things open source advocates have warned about for decades?
Ah well, better late than never, but goddam it's late that all sort of organizations are beginning to realize the inherent problems with proprietary software.

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For now, the on-premises email/calendar environment will still use Microsoft software, including Outlook. The open-source portion concerns personal storage and collaboration, not a wholesale replacement of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or the entire desktop environment.

An improvement, but it's not a move off of Microsoft, FWIW.

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Those are the right moves.

It would be nice if other agencies, cities and countries would follow.

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Dutch tax authorities cancel Microsoft 365 cloud rollout - and turn toward open source - ZDNET | Spyke