https://friprogramvarusyndikatet.tv/videos/watch/30c36688-69db-4f59-8948-50c27dff973f Open source won the server. It won the phone in your pocket. But it still hasn’t won the workplace: the documents, the spreadsheets, the slides. Gerald Pfeifer has spent decades on the infrastructure side of that story. He has contributed to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) for 29 years and has sat on its steering committee since 1999. Most recently he was CTO at SUSE and chair of the openSUSE Board. This summer he left to go after the desk, creating Open Productivity. It’s a new joint venture of six of the companies behind openDesk, offering a secure, sovereign, open-source alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. We discuss: – Why Linux and Kubernetes won by being better, not just by being open – Why there’s no such thing as “the open source community”, and what there is instead – How companies can engage with open-source projects without burning up on re-entry – Why Gerald brought in Collabora rather than building in-house at SUSE – How the shift to the browser changes the game for the desktop – Resilience, vendor lock-in, and the only kind of lock-in Gerald likes – Why he rates Collabora Online’s presentation editor well ahead of Microsoft 365 and Google Slides Recorded shortly before Open Productivity’s launch. The website is now live: https://open-productivity.eu/en/home/ 🔔 Subscribe for more discussions on open-source tech! iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/open-matters-podcast/id1807042369 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4frqRzV9DsAC0HfJ3ewaeD RSS: https://www.collaboraonline.com/feed/mp3/ The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of Collabora Productivity or its affiliates. The content is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered official guidance or fact-checked technical documentation. 0:00 Whatever you would get from Microsoft... 0:34 Introduction: Gerald Pfeifer 1:20 From a buggy C++ compiler to GCC 4:01 Ideology, development model or getting stuff done? 5:41 Why "the open source community" doesn't exist 7:22 How companies should engage with open source projects 8:36 Spacecraft re-entry: how not to approach a project 10:26 COOL Days and meeting developers in person 12:29 Why SUSE brought in Collabora rather than building in-house 14:47 What is Open Productivity? 16:09 Open Productivity, openDesk and ZenDiS 16:59 Building a brand-new company 18:05 Germany, Europe or world domination? 19:12 Who's interested? 20:09 Why are companies still on Microsoft 365? 21:34 Digital sovereignty brings new people to the table 22:36 Why open source hasn't won the workplace yet 23:58 How the browser changes the game for the Linux desktop 25:40 Why should a medium-sized manufacturer care? 28:05 The only kind of lock-in Gerald likes 29:01 Better or open? How to sell Open Productivity 29:54 Collabora Online vs Office 365 and Google Slides 30:14 Launch plans and wrap-up Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:06:23 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://friprogramvarusyndikatet.tv https://friprogramvarusyndikatet.tv/lazy-static/avatars/24a0db3b-d650-4907-a914-39976865aace.png https://friprogramvarusyndikatet.tv/videos/watch/30c36688-69db-4f59-8948-50c27dff973f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://friprogramvarusyndikatet.tv/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.