Euro-Office 1.0 arrives to open-source infighting: 'Compatibility is not sovereignty'
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ZDNET's key takeaways
- The first stable release of Euro-Office, an open-source office suite alternative, is out now.
- Positioned as a cornerstone of EU digital sovereignty, it's not ready for prime time.
- Opposition from other open-source parties isn't helping.
If digital sovereignty is important to you, and it certainly is in the European Union (EU), then you'll be pleased to know that Euro‑Office, a new open-source browser‑based office suite alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, has officially reached its first stable release.
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A coalition of EU-based companies, including Nextcloud, Ionos, and other Euro-Stack participants, is positioning Euro-Office as a cornerstone of European digital sovereignty. However, The Document Foundation (TDF), LibreOffice's steward, accuses the project of reinforcing Microsoft's document lock-in, which TDF...
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