Half of the ministry of digitization officials say goodbye to Microsoft next month. Measure is political boycott of the Trump administration.
Denmark will exchange Microsoft’s software from its systems and devices to the Linux e do LibreOffice. Change is part of a strategy of digital sovereigntyand is based on the country’s troubled relationship with the United States after Donald Trump takes over the White House.
The information was revealed by the Danish newspaper Politiken. According to the minister of scan, Caroline Stage Olsen the decision for using open source software in the ministry will result in less expenses and, especially, will reduce the dependence on American technologies.
The relationship between the US and Denmark has been agitated since President Donald Trump has reinforced his desire to control Gronelândia, which, despite being an autonomous territory, belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark.
Two of the largest cities in Denmark, Copenhagen and Aarhus had already announced that they would stop using Microsoft software, and also cited reasons such as concern for Digital dependence and Trump’s geopolitical position.
The transition to Linux and LibreOffice will soon begin at the Ministry of Digitization. According to Stage, at an early stage, half of employees will stop using Windows and Microsoft 365 features in July.
Stage told the Danish newspaper Politiken that if everything happens in the expected, all civil servants will use software open source Until the end of the year.
Transition to open source software
Denmark will not be the first country to move from Microsoft software to Linux.
In April 2024, the Slavic-Holsacia, a state of GermanyHe also stated that, for reasons of digital sovereignty, he would use Linux and LibreOffice on public administration computers.
Other companies and organizations took similar measures, in evident boycott of the Trump administration.
