Euro-Office 1.0 arrives to open-source infighting: 'Compatibility is not sovereignty' - ZDNET

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. The new cloud-based, open-source alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace is here, as LibreOffice backers lambast its reliance on Microsoft document formats. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If digital sovereignty is important to you, and it certainly is in the European Union (EU), then you’ll be pleased to know that Euro‑Office, a new open-source browser‑based office suite alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, has officially reached its first stable release. Also: 98% of IT leaders want digital sovereignty: Now SUSE is operationalizing it for companies everywhere A coalition of EU-based companies, including Nextcloud, Ionos, and other Euro-Stack participants, is positioning Euro-Office as a cornerstone of European digital sovereignty. However, The Document Foundation (TDF), LibreOffice’s steward, accuses the project of reinforcing Microsoft’s document lock-in, which TDF argues isn’t friendly to open standards. Setting aside the open-source politics for the moment, here’s what Euro-Office brings you. The release went liv