Digital Sovereignty and Open Source
summary
ZenDiS presents a working platform and pilot products: openCode is live with about 5,400 users collaborating across ~2,300 repositories, and openDesk (built on Nextcloud, Element, Open-Xchange, OpenProject, XWiki, Collabora) launched Oct 2024 with ~1,700 pilot users, 1,000 requests and >60,000 enterprise subscriptions claimed; Germany still has 96% MS Office/Windows, 80% VMware, 75% Oracle dependencies, funds were cut 50% and 34M€ withheld, so ZenDiS pushes sovereignty checks, migration roadmaps, procurement rules and EU collaboration as immediate, actionable steps.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00The history of FOSS
- 1:32Challenges in adoption
- 2:18Dependencies and risks
- 4:06Digital sovereignty
- 5:29The role of ZenDIS
- 7:13Concrete outcomes
- 9:25Geopolitical threats
- 12:00Crisis and opportunity
- 14:47A roadmap for change
- 16:30Call to action
- 18:51Q&A and discussion
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