Dutch Tax Authorities Cancel Microsoft 365 Cloud Rollout, Turn Toward Open Source
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: The Netherlands' Tax and Customs Administration has abandoned its planned Microsoft 365 public-cloud rollout. Why? The reasons were clear at the Open Source Summit Europe conference, where the Linux Foundation (LF) released the 2026 State of Open Source in Europe. In it, the nonprofit, pro-open-source organization revealed that 94% of European Union…
The Dutch Tax and Customs Administration has abandoned its planned rollout of Microsoft 365 public-cloud services. This decision was influenced by the findings of the Linux Foundation's 2026 State of Open Source in Europe report, which highlighted the importance of digital sovereignty to EU organizations. Thierry Carrez, the Linux Foundation Europe General Manager, noted that digital sovereignty is a critical concern across the world.
The Dutch government is now considering a shift from Windows and proprietary software to Linux and open-source solutions, with the ICT assessment identifying serious concerns over information security, information processing, future-proofing, and vendor lock-in as key reasons for the change.
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