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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[–] mattyroses@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 weeks ago

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