Launching openDesk 1.0 at the Smart Country Convention After previously speaking about our involvement in the openDesk project here, we were very excited to attend the Smart Country Convention in Berlin last week as part of the openDesk platform, where one of the standout moments of the event was the launch of openDesk 1.0 – […]
  • jlow (he/him)@beehaw.org
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    8 hours ago

    So I would love if this would be the case (German gov using open soruce software) but tbh this reads like marketing bs to me, sorry. “Aims to transform public administration”, “providing Germany’s public sector with a secure and open-source alternative”. Yes, good. Nice. Cool. But are any government agencies are actually using it? I feel like if they wpild be they’d surely name them …

    • PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de
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      7 hours ago

      they tried already using open source in several occasions for smaller administrative municipalities.

      all failed and went back then, wasting loads of time and money. so for sure marketing gag