A few weeks in the past, we realized that Denmark is ditching Home windows and Microsoft’s Workplace suite in favor of Linux and LibreOffice. This is not completely shocking, as we additionally heard of German plans to do one thing comparable again in 2021 – that effort goals emigrate 30,000 authorities PCs by 2027. Now, the French metropolis of Lyon has determined to go on this path too.

As noticed by The Register, the native authorities of Lyon has determined to ditch Home windows, Microsoft’s Workplace purposes, and Microsoft SQL, and undertake alternate options like Linux, OnlyOffice, and PostgreSQL. It’s attention-grabbing to see that the authorities have opted for OnlyOffice, a software program obtainable below the GNU Affero Common Public License, slightly than the extra widespread various, LibreOffice.

In the same vein, it’ll additionally depend on a collection known as “Territoire Numerique Ouvert” (Open Digital Territory) for on-line communication and different duties associated to workplace automation. A French company that promotes industrial growth in native municipalities additionally awarded a €2 million grant to boost the suite and get it operational in information facilities. In response to studies, 1000’s of people are already leveraging Territoire Numerique Ouvert.

This is a crucial turning level for the French metropolis. Lyon is the third-largest metropolis in France, serving over 1,000,000 folks by 10,000 authorities workers. Hundreds of enterprise prospects instantly switching to Linux and comparable free and open supply software program (FOSS) definitely cannot be excellent news for Microsoft, which is probably going reeling already from the Danish shock.

Similar to Denmark, Lyon’s main rationale behind the transfer is to scale back dependency on software program originating from the US. One more reason can also be the need to increase the lifetime of its {hardware}, thereby lowering the environmental influence of e-waste.

It is going to be attention-grabbing to see if Lyon can stick true to its plans. As a few of you might keep in mind, again in 2017, the German metropolis of Munich returned to Home windows after spending a decade on Linux.