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International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative (www.euractiv.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38271574

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.

German newspaper Handelsblatt first reported on the plans. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration.

For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.

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[–] 8 points 11 months ago*

I'd hope so considering the current US administration is friendly with multiple people they have charged and issued warrants for such things as crimes against humanity and genocide. And the US has access to Microsoft data which likely includes all documents stored in any Office cloud products.

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    [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    It will probably end up running better for them anyway.

    Seriously, I use Office at work, and I wonder everyday why anyone subjects themselves to it. Then I subject myself to it because that's what I'm supposed to use. But I sure as hell don't at home.

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    [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I had never heard of Open Desk before, what do we know of this suite?

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