Switzerland has a population of 9,154,242. And its federal government just launched a pilot program to test open source alternatives to Microsoft 365 on 3,000 workstations, reports the blog It's FOSS. "That's about 7% of the federal workforce."
The target is to complete the migration by end of 2027... On September 3, 2026, the Federal Council published results of "PoC BOSS", a feasibility proof-of-concept involving 172 federal employees who tested the openDesk suite, a German open-source collaboration platform. During the proof-of-concept phase, core office tasks like document processing and email received positive assessments, while large-scale video conferencing still showed technical limitations. Based on the 'success' of the PoC phase with 172 employees, the pilot is now launched for 3,000 employees...
According to Matthias Stürmer, professor at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Microsoft's supremacy in public institutions poses three problems that are driving this migration. First is the risk of foreign access. US cloud legislation could expose Swiss government data to foreign authorities. Second is the risk to service continuity, as dependency on a single foreign vendor creates operational risk. The third risk is the escalating costs as proprietary licensing fees are rising with no Swiss leverage.
Switzerland's military cybersecurity unit, Cyber Command, is not waiting for the civilian pilot. It is already poised to replace Microsoft 365 entirely with openDesk by October 2026. It is pretty much the same reason. Military doesn't want foreign governments accessing sensitive Swiss data.
The article notes that during the pilot phase, the new system runs in parallel with Microsoft 365 rather than replacing it. But the article's author speculates that "If the pilot is successful, we might expect the migration to continue on all the 54,000 workstations owned by the federal administrations."
The target is to complete the migration by end of 2027... On September 3, 2026, the Federal Council published results of "PoC BOSS", a feasibility proof-of-concept involving 172 federal employees who tested the openDesk suite, a German open-source collaboration platform. During the proof-of-concept phase, core office tasks like document processing and email received positive assessments, while large-scale video conferencing still showed technical limitations. Based on the 'success' of the PoC phase with 172 employees, the pilot is now launched for 3,000 employees...
According to Matthias Stürmer, professor at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Microsoft's supremacy in public institutions poses three problems that are driving this migration. First is the risk of foreign access. US cloud legislation could expose Swiss government data to foreign authorities. Second is the risk to service continuity, as dependency on a single foreign vendor creates operational risk. The third risk is the escalating costs as proprietary licensing fees are rising with no Swiss leverage.
Switzerland's military cybersecurity unit, Cyber Command, is not waiting for the civilian pilot. It is already poised to replace Microsoft 365 entirely with openDesk by October 2026. It is pretty much the same reason. Military doesn't want foreign governments accessing sensitive Swiss data.
The article notes that during the pilot phase, the new system runs in parallel with Microsoft 365 rather than replacing it. But the article's author speculates that "If the pilot is successful, we might expect the migration to continue on all the 54,000 workstations owned by the federal administrations."
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NEW YORK (ANP) - Botic van de Zandschulp staat voor de tweede keer in de kwartfinales van de US Open. De 30-jarige tennisser versloeg de 21-jarige Fransman Arthur GĂ©a in de nacht van maandag op dinsdag in de vierde ronde na vijf sets 6-3 7-6 6-7 6-7 4-6. Van de Zandschulp speelt tegen de winnaar van de partij tussen Alexander Zverev en Luciano Darderi om een plaats bij de laatste vier.
Van de Zandschulp is de enige Nederlander die nog actief is in het enkelspel van het Amerikaanse grandslamtoernooi. Hij bereikte in 2021 voor de eerste keer de laatste acht in New York. Daarin verloor hij van de latere winnaar Daniil Medvedev uit Rusland.
VIACHA (ANP) - Het bevestigde dodental door een explosie op een legerbasis in de Boliviaanse plaats Viacha is opgelopen tot negen. Dat maakten de autoriteiten van het land bekend.
Het is niet bekend hoeveel mensen er nog vermist zijn. Volgens legercommandant Hector AlarcĂłn zijn er niet veel meer slachtoffers gevallen, omdat veel militairen een uitstapje met de fiets aan het maken waren.
De explosie in Viacha, op zo'n 30 kilometer van La Paz, was vrijdag bij een opslagplaats voor vuurwerk van het ministerie van Defensie. De ramen van tientallen woningen in de buurt sneuvelden.
De oorzaak wordt nog onderzocht. Volgens president Rodrigo Paz kan het een ongeluk zijn ten gevolge van een onjuiste werkwijze met explosieven die op de basis lagen opgeslagen.
Capturing the band’s 2025 global comeback tour, this two-hour film reveals the tense first rehearsal with Liam, Noel being a big softie and the Gallaghers’ politics – just don’t expect any mention of ticket prices
It was the reunion that many thought would never happen: Oasis re-forming for a series of sold-out live shows, their first since Noel and Liam Gallagher split acrimoniously in 2009. For those who managed to get tickets last year, the performances were a celebration of one of Britpop’s finest bands and a chance to live through a night of 90s nostalgia. For the millions who missed out, be it due to demand or budgetary restraints, the tour represented a generational Fomo moment.
Luckily, the directors Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern were embedded within team Oasis throughout the whole thing, alongside the Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight: the result is Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, a two-hour concert film that hits cinemas around the world this week. Whether you were on the front row at Manchester’s Heaton Park, doing the Poznan in Seoul or stuck at home watching it all online, Don’t Look Back in Anger captures the Oasis Live ’25 Tour for posterity. Here’s what we learned.
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Quan Yuan Photo has added a photo to the pool:
Standing at the base of Gibson Steps on the Great Ocean Road, watching the ocean tide wash over the sand as the sun goes down. The golden evening light hits the towering sea stacks, creating a peaceful moment along Australia’s dramatic coastline.
