Schleswig-Holstein reports €15M yearly savings by replacing Microsoft 365 with LibreOffice across most government workplaces 💶

About 80% of offices have migrated, with a €9M one-time investment planned for 2026 to finish the shift and strengthen open-source tools 🧩

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Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source

Schleswig-Holstein's migration to LibreOffice reaches 80% completion, with a one-time €9 million investment on cards for 2026.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)}

⚡️ Mistral Large 3 Lands in Azure Foundry

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Mistral 3 on Microsoft Foundry: Open, multimodal, enterprise-ready | Microsoft Azure Blog

Explore Mistral Large 3 in Azure—open-source, long-context, multimodal AI built for reliable enterprise workloads.

^{Steve Sweetman (Microsoft Azure Blog)}

#NATO and #Google #Cloud Sign Multi-Million Dollar Deal for #AI-Enabled Sovereign Cloud - Nov 24, 2025
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More #digitalsovereignty is not possible two days after the summit. Sorry folks.

NATO and Google Cloud Sign Multi-Million Dollar Deal for AI-Enabled Sovereign Cloud

Powering NATO's digital modernization and protecting alliance data with Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped BRUSSELS and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Google Cloud today...

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