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Policy · Updated 25 Oct, 12:01 am IST

Danish ministry drops pilot replacing Microsoft Office with Collabora

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Why it matters for readers: Tells you that a high-profile public test of Collabora was ended without a public explanation.

  • The ministry has silently discontinued its pilot of an open-source alternative to Microsoft Office.1
  • The pilot began in summer 2025 with roughly 40 ministry employees testing the Collabora system.1
  • Collabora was provided for the pilot by Danish supplier cBrain.1
  • The ministry continues to use Microsoft Office extensively while the pilot has been dropped.1

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