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Comment by microtonal

9 hours ago

There is a movement in Dutch academia to move away from Microsoft/Google services. E.g. SURF (the IT cooperative of Dutch education and research institutions) are extending their NextCloud pilot to all Dutch edu/research instututions:

https://tweakers.net/nieuws/241846/surf-biedt-opensource-nex...

Many individual universities are also making decisions to reduce dependence on US tech, see e.g.:

https://rug.my-meeting.nl/Documenten/Keuzevrijheid-IT-oploss...

(Apologies for the Dutch links.)