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Dutch education and research association starts trial with self-hosted Nextcloud as a replacement of commercial suppliers to "protect public values" (www.surf.nl)

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"It's good to look at alternatives to the Microsofts and Googles of this world. You want to be in charge of your data yourself and not rashly hand it over. So it is also about reclaiming a bit of autonomy," says Daniel Ostkamp, researcher at Radboud University.

The project is organized by SURF, a cooperative association of Dutch educational and research institutions in which the members combine their strengths to acquire or develop the best possible digital services, and to "encourage knowledge sharing through continuous innovation," the cooperative says on its website.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago

This is important. Some people just aren't aware of the massive privacy violations that are going on, so the education system should teach them and show how good FOSS is compared to crap like sharepoint.