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We blog about many different topics. Sometimes this is news on things that happen on Kopano, or simply something that we felt was interesting to share about how our teams work. Our blogs also reflect on tech- and non-tech news that relates to us or affects us. Stay tuned!

Open source, of course…

“Basically, of course, FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) in government is always welcome first.” – Reading this statement in a blog post a few days […]

June 30, 2021
Open Source

Brainwashed by Microsoft

“At least it works,” replied a father recently in response to my criticism of the use of MS365 in online classes. It very much irritated me […]

June 23, 2021
Open Source

The internet is broken

A few days ago, heise.de ran the headline “The Internet is broken”, presumably driving the click rate per article to not inconsiderable heights. What happened? A […]

June 16, 2021
Open Source
letter from the future

Digitization in Public Sectors – a letter from the future

The foyer and the open workshop spaces of the town hall are bustling with activity. In the open plenum, a group of artists is working on […]

June 2, 2021
Open Source

Microsoft is not a solution for schools

It’s no secret that Kopano is being critical of proprietary software solutions. Digital sovereignty is our top priority and all Kopaneros and Kopaneras work every day […]

May 19, 2021
Open Source

Digital resilience is not enough

The term resilience comes from psychology and generally refers to the resistance that a person develops in crisis situations. It is about the ability to deal […]

May 12, 2021
Open Source
Independence

A lesson in independence

People are somehow strange in their striving for independence. Just don’t tie yourself too tightly to something that could restrict your freedom. The independent and individual […]

April 28, 2021
Open Source

Kopano Survey Evaluation: Email usage, benefits and cloud

Early in January this year, we launched an online survey on email use. We have now evaluated it and would like to share the results with […]

April 23, 2021
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data hygiene

What do you think about data hygiene?

Hygiene is a big and important topic in Corona times and data hygiene in companies should be similar. Many companies still do not care enough or […]

April 14, 2021
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Future of the Email

The future of the email (2)

In the first part of this blog post, I tried to describe how deeply the medium of email is embedded in our daily digital communication and […]

March 31, 2021
Open Source