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A petition has been created by an Austrian EU rep. to replace Windows with GNU/Linux in all Europe (www.europarl.europa.eu)
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The petition is open to all EU resident. The goal is to replace all Windows in all public institution in Europe with a sovereign GNU/Linux.

If the petition is successful it would be a huge step forward for GNU/Linux adoption.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You realize the office alternatives have been able to save into native excel formats, even in various year varieties, for a long time, right?

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And I suppose they work perfectly every single time?

Including the VBAs and Macros?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Most of the time they work better than the original.

VBAs and Macros

These are essentially malware vectors so I hope those are not supported.