Django Chat

How France Ditched Microsoft - Samuel Paccoud

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Show Notes

Samuel is the project lead of La Suite Numérique, a French government open source alternative to Microsoft 365 and Zoom. We discuss building alternatives for messaging, video, collaborative docs, file storage, and more that already serve millions of customers.

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