Швейцарын холбооны захиргаа 2027 оны сүүлчээс эхлэн 3,000 орчим ажилтнаа нээлттэй эх сурвалжтай програм хангамжийн системд шилжүүлэхээр бэлтгэж байна.
Швейцарын Холбооны танхим Microsoft 365-ын оронд нээлттэй эх сурвалжтай програм хангамжийг ашиглах боломжийн талаар судалгаа хийж, үр дүнгээ баталгаажуулжээ. Энэхүү судалгаагаар баримт бичиг боловсруулах, цахим шуудан, хуанли, файл хадгалах болон видео хурал зэрэг үндсэн үйлчилгээнүүдийг нээлттэй эх сурвалжтай шийдлээр солих нь бүрэн боломжтой гэж дүгнэсэн байна. Хэдийгээр өргөн хүрээний хэрэглээнд нэвтрүүлэхэд техникийн болон зохион байгуулалтын зарим бэрхшээл байгаа ч уг систем нь үндсэн ажлын үйл явцыг дэмжихэд тохиромжтой болох нь тогтоогджээ.
Туршилтын хүрээнд Collabora Online, Open-Xchange, Nextcloud, OpenProject болон Element зэрэг нээлттэй эх сурвалжтай програм хангамжуудыг ашигласан байна. Эдгээр хэрэгслийг ашигласнаар засгийн газрын байгууллагууд нэг л програм хангамжийн экосистемээс хэт хамааралтай байх эрсдэлийг бууруулж, урт хугацаанд зардлаа хэмнэх боломжтой гэж үзжээ.
Европын бусад улс орнууд ч мөн адил дижитал бүрэн эрхт байдлыг хангах зорилгоор Microsoft-ын үйлчилгээнээс татгалзаж, нээлттэй эх сурвалжтай шийдэл рүү шилжих хандлагатай байна. Тухайлбал, Франц улс Windows-оос Linux систем рүү шилжих алхмуудыг хийж эхэлсэн бол Европын холбоо ч гишүүн орнууддаа нээлттэй эх сурвалжтай програм хангамжийг дэмжихийг уриалж байгаа юм.
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Microsoft has benefited from its services being used by many different governments and state agencies around the world. In many places, it’s become ubiquitous. Some aren’t happy about that, however, not least because it keeps you locked into an ecosystem that Microsoft can dictate the price for. As such, some states around Europe have been moving away from Microsoft services and towards open-source ones, and Switzerland now looks to be the latest in considering this.
The Federal Chancellery in Switzerland recently studied, as a proof-of-concept, whether it’s feasible for its Federal Administration (part of the executive branch) to function with open-source software instead of Microsoft 365 and concluded yes, it can (via International Cyber Digest). As such, It’s going to launch a follow-up program to trial it.
For the study, the whole software caboodle was tested: “document editing, email, calendar, contacts, tasks, file storage, audio and video conferencing, chat, and identity and access management.”
Despite “technical, operational, and organizational hurdles that prevent widespread productive use”, the study concludes that “the tested browser-based solution is fundamentally suitable for core standard processes.”
In other words, while there might be other reasons preventing widespread adoption for now, the study shows it doesn’t cause any fundamental problems when switching from MS 365 to other open-source options.
Here is the different software that was tested:
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Document editing |
Collabora Online |
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Open-Xchange |
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Calendar, contacts, tasks |
Open-Xchange |
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File storage |
Next Cloud |
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Project management |
OpenProject |
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Knowledge management (wiki) |
XWiki |
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Audio and video conferencing |
Nordest (Jitsi) |
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Chat |
Element |
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Identity and access management |
Univention |
The follow-up program will make such software available for thousands of employees.
According to the Swiss Federal Council, “From the end of 2027, around 3,000 employees should be able to use sovereign workplace software with core office functions. Funding will come from resources that Parliament has approved for the development of a sovereign Swiss open-source platform for office automation.”
We’ve already seen a handful of other European countries start to move away from Microsoft services for the sake of “digital sovereignty.” France is even moving away from Windows in favour of Linux, “accelerating the reduction of its extra-European dependencies.” I don’t doubt that saving money is a factor, or at least a nice extra benefit, too.
As I reported earlier in the year, the EU itself has been getting serious about open source, encouraging teams in the EU to move towards open source software and promote adoption elsewhere in Europe.
For my part, thinking for a moment just about the operating system and not different software and services, I’ve actually been pretty happy with the direction Windows has been going over the last few months. But I’m also a big proponent of all things open source, and it does make sense for state actors to lessen reliance on a single software ecosystem, especially if it can save them money in the long run.
