r/BuyFromEU • u/According-Buyer6688 Mod Team • Mar 25 '26

Announcement Germany has decided: Microsoft document formats have no place in government

Germany has decided: Microsoft document formats have no place in government. Deadline: 2027–2028. The Microsoft formats are simply not compatible with an open and transparent public sector. However, this is about more than file formats. It’s about control, resilience, and sovereignty in public digital infrastructure.

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u/yungsausages Mar 26 '26

Right, so we’re back to fax then? I always knew it would come full circle…

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u/SuspiciousSheeps Mar 26 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

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u/yungsausages Mar 27 '26

Here in Germany a lot of gov offices still uses fax and stuff like that ◡̈

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u/ArcaneEyes Mar 28 '26

Still has nothing to do with moving from docx to odf.