How France Ditched Microsoft - Samuel Paccoud
From Django Chat by William Vincent and Carlton Gibson
May 20, 2026 · 1h 23m · Episode 204
About this episode
The episode discusses La Suite Numérique, a French government initiative to create open source alternatives to Microsoft 365 and Zoom.
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.
People in this episode
Hosts: William Vincent, Carlton Gibson
Guest: Samuel Paccoud
Topics covered
- open source
- government projects
- collaborative tools
- alternatives to Microsoft
- digital communication
Keywords
- open source
- La Suite Numérique
- Microsoft 365
- Zoom
- collaborative documents
- file storage
- video conferencing
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: La Suite Numérique, Microsoft 365, Zoom
Places: France
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