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S1E14 How Events Help Build Open Source Communities
Open source doesn’t grow through code alone — it also grows through communities. And communities are built when people meet, share ideas, and sometimes argue over coffee in conference hallways. In…
S1E13 Germany's Digital Experiment - Can Governments Build Their Own Tech Stack?
Germany isn’t just talking about digital sovereignty — it’s building it. 🇩🇪 80,000+ users pilot scheme 🧩 8 vendors, one platform 🚀 Federal rollout coming in 2027 Inside ZenDiS and openDesk — and what…
S1E12 Customers Deserve a Choice: Cloud or On-Prem
In this episode of Open Matters, Richard Brock speaks with Johan Bernhardsson from Redpill Linpro, one of the Nordic region’s leading open-source consultancies. Johan shares what real-world…
S1E11 "If It Has a CPU, We Can Run It" - How Collabora Online Escaped the Browser
In this episode of Open Matters, Richard Brock speaks with Thorsten Behrens, Tor Lillqvist & Jan Holesovsky – the three principal engineers behind the new Collabora Office release, about what it…
S1E10 8.5% of Americans Self-Host — The Numbers (and Risks) We Didn’t Have Before
8.5% of the U.S. population self-hosts at least one internet-facing service — from websites and file storage to smart home tools and password syncing. But what motivates people to do it… and what…
S1E9 Open Source for Citizens: Denmark’s Bold Experiment
Denmark tried to legislate open source and Big Tech pushed back hard. Nearly 20 years later, open-source solutions are running citizen services in municipalities across the country and even powering…
S1E8 Why Pay for 'Free' Software?
Open source is “free”—so why do serious teams pay for it? In this episode, Eloy Crespo breaks down the real value behind paid open-source offerings: support, SLAs, performance, security, compliance,…
S1E7 Why The Netherlands are Leading the Open Source Movement
“True digital sovereignty can only exist when you combine open source and open standards. Full stop.” The Dutch are known for building dikes and canals — but these days they’re also building digital…
S1E6 Print Media vs. Open Source: Lessons in Survival and Sustainability
“Why would you spend £5 on a magazine when you can get that online for free?” What does the decline of print journalism have to do with the future of open source software? In this episode of Open…
S1E5 Digital Sovereignty or Digital Colony? A Wake-Up Call for Europe
“Without radical measures to reduce dependency on digital monopolies, the digital future of Germany and Europe is lost.” —Prof. Dr. Harald Wehnes In this episode of Open Matters, we speak with Prof.…
S1E4 What Makes Software Sovereign? (Hint: It's Not Where It's Made)
“Proprietary software can be just as big a liability to digital sovereignty when it’s produced in Germany as big tech from the US.” Miriam Seyffarth from the Open Source Business Alliance joins us to…
S1E3 Containers Explained: How Modern Software Sails!
Welcome to Open Matters, the podcast on open-source matters – because openness matters! What do shipping containers have to do with software? A lot more than you’d think. In this episode of Open…
S1E2 Cut Copy Chaos?
Welcome to Open Matters, the podcast on open-source matters – because openness matters! Think copy and paste is simple? Think again. In this episode of Open Matters, we’re joined by Miklos…
S1E1 What is a Document?
In our very first episode, we’re joined by Michael Meeks – Collabora Productivity CEO, and co-founder and former director of The Document Foundation as we crack open a seemingly simple question: What…
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