Another country thinks long and hard about why they use the software they do. What software do you use in your business, is it closed and proprietary? Does it have backdoors? Are you ok with you and your customers data being data-mined and sold to advertisers?
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In the meantime, read below on why the Swiss gov is looking at leaving Mircosoft....
Why?
According to Matthias Stürmer, professor at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH), 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.
Swiss Army is already moving faster
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.
Read the full article: https://itsfoss.com/news/switzerland-replace-microssoft-pilot/
Original French version: https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2026/article/microsoft-l-administration-federale-teste-des-alternatives-29346805.html