Europe is moving decisively away from U.S. tech giants toward open-source alternatives, driven by concerns over digital sovereignty and reliability of American companies[^1]. At the 2025 OpenInfra Summit Europe, industry leaders emphasized that this shift isn't about isolation but resilience.

"What we're really looking for is resilience. What we want for our countries, for our companies, for ourselves, is resilience in the face of unforeseen events in a fast-changing world. Open source allows us to be sovereign without being isolated," said OpenInfra Foundation general manager Thierry Carrez[^1].

This transition is already happening. The German state Schleswig-Holstein has replaced Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email solutions. Similar moves have been made by the Austrian military, Danish government organizations, and the French city of Lyon[^1].

European companies are stepping up to fill the gap with open-source alternatives, including:

Deutsche Telekom's Open Telekom Cloud
OVHcloud's sovereign cloud services
STACKIT and VanillaCore's European-based offerings[^1]

The movement gained additional momentum when the European Commission appointed its first executive vice president for tech sovereignty, security, and democracy in 2024[^1].

[^1]: ZDNet - Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I mean yeah. Trump could tomorrow make some idiotic statement about tariffs on American cloud services like aws. Seriously, who would be surprised?

Before Trump, nobody would even suggest to distance themselves from the USA. Now, everyone is thinking it.

Great job I guess, if you want a planet where countries are fighting eachother instead of working together. But Trump mentality is that he must be the winner, always. He cant understand that sometimes another country being winner also helps his own. He must be the winner.

He is the typical guy in the sandbox that takes the entire sandbox because its all about him.

[–] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Your comments are not wrong, but also Trump is not the sole issue here. There would still be a problem even if he was removed from office today.

Proprietary software and services are an issue regardless of which government jurisdiction they fall under. It's a good idea for the EU to be moving to open source instead of proprietary solutions based in the EU.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah 100%. I just dont know if Europe can compete. There is no real European cloud with hundreds of services, and Linux in the enterprise world is much harder to administer than windows. Microsoft is good at selling their enterprise stuff.

I think all of that is going to put Europe behind. But maybe its good to get started. Perhaps that will actually lead to an entire market for making Linux as good as windows in the enterprise.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Windows is shit in the entreprise IMO.

[–] mattyroses@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's not just Trump - there's a reason that Russia, Cuba, China, and North Korea have made moves to adopt Linux. The US has been seeking to weaponize their tech standards for a while, especially as their empire crumbles.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I think it wont crumble during our livetime. But the insane debt is going to make dollars worth less and less. Perhaps they switch to bitcoin... :)

[–] mattyroses@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think it will be sooner than people expect. For at least 9 years now the US has not only been crumbling, but flailing as it does so. The ability of BRICs to shrug off the US actions is new and will have massive impacts soon.

BTC won't be used as a currency IMHO. Blockchain likely will, but EVM is much more compelling. BTC might remain as a historical backing, but its trade will move to the ETH chains as well.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

Sounds like everyone should buy a bit of blockchain and crypto stock market stuff... Just in case it takes over..:)