For anyone wondering: openDesk, the solution they're using, wasn't developed from the ground up. It contains standard open source tools like Nextcloud, Matrix and Collabora.
It’s sort of bothers me that government business will be handled in the cloud of some random company. Sure, a lot of these things are open source but… Do we get to compare checksums?
It's not a random company. OpenDesk is produced (maintained? Developed? Packaged?) by ZenDiS. ZenDiS is a company that belongs 100% to the german government. It's not a ministry, but a company. Kind of like the german railways (DB).
perfect! as we see government work harder and closer with companies to kill innocent people for profit, target activist, and any moment can switch from democracy to dictatorship, we can have some comfort on them handling systems of the "ICC"
It's still an open source project. I don't know if an independant company would be better, but imo it's a great first step to see that the german government is investing in digital sovereignty. That may not make the ICC sovereign, but on the other hand, would it make sense for every country to have their own stack?
Is this separate from the Suite Numerique project or is it the german branded version? I'm worried that we (european governments) are not leveraging existing projects enough. In a way it's good to have options, but also imagine if we all worked towards a very polished real alternative to the Google ecosystem.
I'm glad they finally had an easy to understand example of why depending on a closed source ecosystem from a foreign country is insane for any kind of public authority.
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dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de · 64 pts · 307d
For anyone wondering: openDesk, the solution they're using, wasn't developed from the ground up. It contains standard open source tools like Nextcloud, Matrix and Collabora.
tornavish@lemmy.cafe · 11 pts · 307d
It’s sort of bothers me that government business will be handled in the cloud of some random company. Sure, a lot of these things are open source but… Do we get to compare checksums?
PatrickYaa@feddit.org · 28 pts · 307d
It's not a random company. OpenDesk is produced (maintained? Developed? Packaged?) by ZenDiS. ZenDiS is a company that belongs 100% to the german government. It's not a ministry, but a company. Kind of like the german railways (DB).
tornavish@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 307d
Well that changes things.
Doorbook@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 307d
perfect! as we see government work harder and closer with companies to kill innocent people for profit, target activist, and any moment can switch from democracy to dictatorship, we can have some comfort on them handling systems of the "ICC"
PatrickYaa@feddit.org · 7 pts · 307d
It's still an open source project. I don't know if an independant company would be better, but imo it's a great first step to see that the german government is investing in digital sovereignty. That may not make the ICC sovereign, but on the other hand, would it make sense for every country to have their own stack?
pmk@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 305d
Is this separate from the Suite Numerique project or is it the german branded version? I'm worried that we (european governments) are not leveraging existing projects enough. In a way it's good to have options, but also imagine if we all worked towards a very polished real alternative to the Google ecosystem.
porcoesphino@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 307d
They'd be doing an enterprise install but here's the gitlab readme for the open desk community edition and with links for a Kubernetes installation:
https://gitlab.opencode.de/bmi/opendesk/deployment/opendesk/
amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 306d
This is fantastic! First time I hear about this project!
oce@jlai.lu · 59 pts · 307d
I'm glad they finally had an easy to understand example of why depending on a closed source ecosystem from a foreign country is insane for any kind of public authority.
thelivefive@startrek.website · 14 pts · 307d
Especially one that is currently collaborating to help carry out a genocide.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 307d
\sigh
That's like requesting 1 happiness or 11 lovely.
helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 306d
I'm glad I'm not the only one who is bothered by this shift away from software being a noun.
MisterFrog@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 303d
If it makes you feel better, this may be a mistranslation from German where saying "eine Software" is appropriate.
Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 306d
The software in question consists of at least 3 softwares. Thus
1 software = 3 software
mayorchid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 306d
Microsoft Office: it’s not even good enough for international criminals anymore ™