To be clear. This is a government agency endorsing the software as safe and effective. So bureaucrats and employees can’t be reprimanded if they use them.

This isn’t the French Prime Minister announcing the country will cancel Microsoft Office subscriptions and build a fund to support FOSS projects. GIMP has nowhere near the ressources they actually need.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Yeah for that you have to look to Germany, which has largely embraced Matrix, and certain states, such as Schleswig-Holstein, have embraced Linux and LibreOffice:

https://element.io/matrix-in-germany

https://www.zdnet.com/article/german-state-ditches-microsoft-for-linux-and-libreoffice/

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Wasn't France the one that started switching to Matrix and funded a bunch of improvements?

https://web.archive.org/web/20180426180007/https://matrix.org/blog/2018/04/26/matrix-and-riot-confirmed-as-the-basis-for-frances-secure-instant-messenger-app/

It's great that Germany is doing the same, I just remember Matrix talking about money from France and helping the French government deploy Matrix for government use back in the day. A lot of the E2E encryption improvements were attributed to their collaboration with France at the time

[–] Jomn@jlai.lu 4 points 2 months ago

Yes and the French administration has access to a modified version of Matrix called Tchap.

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