Open Matters Podcast
Episodes
Germany's Digital Experiment - Can Governments Build Their Own Tech Stack?
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Germany isn’t just talking about digital sovereignty — it’s building it. 🇩🇪 80,000+ users pilot scheme 🧩 8 vendors, one platform 🚀 F...
Customers Deserve a Choice: Cloud or On-Prem
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Open Matters, Richard Brock speaks with Johan Bernhardsson from Redpill Linpro, one of the Nordic region’s leading open-source co...
"If It Has a CPU, We Can Run It" - How Collabora Online Escaped the Browser
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Open Matters, Richard Brock speaks with Thorsten Behrens, Tor Lillqvist & Jan Holesovsky – the three principal engine...
8.5% of Americans Self-Host — The Numbers (and Risks) We Didn’t Have Before
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
8.5% of Americans Self-Host — The Numbers (and Risks) We Didn’t Have Before
Open Source for Citizens: Denmark’s Bold Experiment
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Denmark tried to legislate open source and Big Tech pushed back hard. Nearly 20 years later, open-source solutions are running citizen services in mun...
Why Pay for 'Free' Software?
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why Pay for 'Free' Software?
Why The Netherlands are Leading the Open Source Movement
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why The Netherlands are Leading the Open Source Movement
Print Media vs. Open Source: Lessons in Survival and Sustainability
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Print Media vs. Open Source: Lessons in Survival and Sustainability
Digital Sovereignty or Digital Colony? A Wake-Up Call for Europe
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Digital Sovereignty or Digital Colony? A Wake-Up Call for Europe
What Makes Software Sovereign? (Hint: It's Not Where It's Made)
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What Makes Software Sovereign? (Hint: It's Not Where It's Made)
Containers Explained: How Modern Software Sails!
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Containers Explained: How Modern Software Sails!
Cut Copy Chaos?
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Think copy and paste is simple? Think again. In this episode of Open Matters, we're joined by Miklos Vajna—open-source veteran and Collabora Online ...
What is a Document?
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From .TXT to .DOCX, we explore the evolution of digital documents and why open standards matter.