While I find the wiki-style site for European alternatives ( https://www.goeuropean.org/ ) very helpful and have started using it fairly regularly, I feel like it misses an option to just look up a brand or company and easily find out where it’s from. Maybe that is already an option and I haven’t found it. If so, please point me in that direction.
After 2,5 years of intensive research and programming efforts, the entire Openwebsearch.eu project team is excited to grant access to its pilot of the first-ever federated pan-European Open Web Index (OWI).
!madeineurope@lemmy.zip: A community dedicated to talking about, discovering, flaunting and discussing consumer products that are made in Europe by European companies.
Edit: It is a joint open source initiative between Germany, France, Italy, & Netherlands to make Cybersecurity, AI, Cloud, & Social Media Network alternatives
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.
European search engines Qwant and Ecosia said on Wednesday that they have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan, which aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-focused alternative to Google and Bing.
Sorry if this isn't allowed, what with Brexit and everything, but I found this cola and I would say it's a decent alternative to Coca-Cola. They also fund education programmes in Sierra Leone.
Although this documentary (44min) it’s somewhat older, it’s (unfortunately) still relevant as ever.
The Microsoft-Dilemma - Europe as a Software Colony | Full Documentary
As organizations are looking to reclaim their digital sovereignty, IONOS and Nextcloud are building the fully featured office suite “Nextcloud Workspace”: a powerful Microsoft 365 alternative. As long-standing partners, we have the expertise to enable large companies and organizations with an all-round office suite as European answer to US products. Announced at the Nextcloud Summit earlier this month, this collaboration for digitally sovereign office software that meets the highest data protection requirements will launch in 2025.
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) – At a time of growing concern over the power of the world's mighty tech companies, one German state is turning its back on US giant Microsoft.
Der US-Brause-Hersteller Coca-Cola mit Schweiz-Sitz in Opfikon ZH möchte sich auf die Anfrage vom Blick nicht zum Rauswurf äussern. Beim Kola-Hersteller Vicollective AG in Eglisau ist hingegen von einem Meilenstein die Rede. Die Mineralquelle Eglisau rief Vivi Kola 1938 ins Leben. Nach einem jahrelangen Produktionsstillstand wurde Vivi-Kola 2010 wieder ins Leben gerufen.