Danish government quietly drops trial of open-source alternative to Microsoft Office
lowkeyokay · hn · 2026-10-25
Denmark's Agency for Digital Government has silently scrapped its much-publicised pilot of replacing Microsoft Office with an open-source alternative, according to Computerworld Denmark. The decision was made without a public announcement, drawing criticism and discussion on Hacker News about the setbacks facing open-source adoption in public-sector IT procurement.
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