[HN Gopher] German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook...
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       German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-
       source email
        
       Author : CrankyBear
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2025-10-13 19:41 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.zdnet.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.zdnet.com)
        
       | palata wrote:
       | It has been tried over the years. The question really is how much
       | the employees understand and care about digital sovereignty. If
       | they keep complaining because they have to learn new tools, they
       | will eventually go back to Microsoft...
        
         | toomuchtodo wrote:
         | The employees don't have to care, they will use whatever
         | they're directed to use. It is whether the German government
         | cares about digital sovereignty.
        
         | dude250711 wrote:
         | I have read today that Linux users are like vegans of
         | computing.
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | [dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45558635
        
       | cadamsdotcom wrote:
       | Bravo to them.
       | 
       | Hopefully some of the savings make it to foundations, hiring of
       | engineers, and other ways of funding improvements!
        
       | ahartmetz wrote:
       | Note _a_ German state (a not very large one of the 16 federal
       | states), not _the_ German state
        
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