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Cheap purchased PR slop with fake articles and no product. e.g.: - https://hostingdiscussion.com/news/european-cloud-workspace-office-eu-emerges-as-sovereign-
by rrr_oh_man 7mo ago
Cheap purchased PR slop with fake articles and no product.
e.g.:
- https://hostingdiscussion.com/news/european-cloud-workspace-office-eu-emerges-as-sovereign-alternative-to-big-tech-suites/ https://hostingdiscussion.com/news/european-cloud-workspace-...
- https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/amp/plataforma-office-eu-lancada-como-alternativa-europeia-ao-microsoft-office https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/amp/plataforma-offi...
And it seems to be repackaged Collabora (~LibreOffice):
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/office_eu_suite/ https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/office_eu_suite/
- gzread 7mo agoI need to learn this skill of producing nothing and pretending I have. It seems to be very rewarding, financially speaking.
- joe_mamba 7mo agoYou need to know the right people in Brussels/Washington, to milk and scam the taxpayer in your favor.
- MattGaiser 7mo agoReally, just lack shame and sell something you do not have and bet that you can get it before anyone really presses too hard. It's an incredible thing to see.
- gzread 7mo agoBut I'd think I'd get in trouble for not delivering it
- canyp 7mo agoShould have gotten an MBA instead of a BS.
- phatskat 7mo agoBut I thought getting an MBA _was_ BS!
- nradov 7mo agoIn general getting EU grants is very lucrative. It takes some relationships and writing skill but in the end you never have to deliver any results (beyond maybe a report that no one ever reads)
- kzrdude 7mo agoThey list a bunch of companies under the heading "All these companies work with the same technology" on their landing page. I think it's quite scummy, and very non-impressive when you see it.
- storus 7mo agoLibreOffice came from OpenOffice which was StarOffice which was developed in Germany.