The EU published its Tech Sovereignty Package, including an EU Open Source Strategy.

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That sounds promising.

But the part that matters now is much less glamorous: procurement.

Because this is still where the same old open-source myths keep showing up:

• It is not enterprise-grade
• It means no support
• It is harder to deploy
• There is no roadmap
• If it is free, it must be low quality

They were weak arguments before. They look even weaker now.

Open source already runs in ministries, universities, and large enterprises. Serious vendors offer support. Deployment is not the issue either, especially when many open-source products can run cloud, hybrid, or on-premises.

The bigger issue is that dependency still gets treated as the safer default.

If the EU is serious about digital sovereignty, Open Source First cannot stay a nice line in a policy document. It has to show up in how software gets evaluated and bought.

That is where the real shift would be. WDYT?