Germany and Denmark Just Fired Microsoft: 15 Million Euros Saved
Schleswig-Holstein migrates 30,000 employees to Linux and LibreOffice. Denmark follows suit. Seven countries are watching. European digital…
Schleswig-Holstein migrates 30,000 employees to Linux and LibreOffice. Denmark follows suit. Seven countries are watching. European digital sovereignty gets real.
Thirty thousand employees. Fifteen million euros. One decision. The German state of Schleswig-Holstein just proved that government Microsoft dependency is a choice, not a requirement.
Denmark announced the same move weeks later. The EU passed the Interoperable Europe Act, mandating open-source priority. After watching governments struggle with vendor lock-in for two decades, I’m finally seeing the first real exodus.
If you’ve ever wondered whether large organizations can actually leave Microsoft, this is your proof of concept.
The Schleswig-Holstein Blueprint
This is not a pilot project. This is not an experiment.
Schleswig-Holstein is migrating its entire state government IT infrastructure. Every department. Every employee. Every desktop.
The numbers tell the story.
