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Re: French government to move to Linux

Is their suite able to read and write Open Office formats?

It would be interesting to have our govt cooperate with either theirs or open office.

Alice

Apr. 10, 2026 12:39:54 Lucas Fryzek via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org>:

> Hey,
> 
> Not sure if you guys saw the news (link in french)][1]
> 
> But the french government is trying to move all government departments
> from windows to linux with 80k employees from the national health
> insurance fund already moved over. They set a deadline for fall of this
> year for each department to have a migration plan.
> 
> Really interesting stuff, especially with the "LaSuite numerique" they
> been developing to replace office365 and google docs. [2]
> 
> Would love to seen something similar happen in Canada. That way more of
> our tax dollars could support open source software and ideally
> Canadians working on that open source software instead of sending out
> money to big tech in the US.
> 
> Thanks,
> Lucas
> 
> - [1]
> https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/
> - [2] https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/