Open Matters Podcast

Denmark tried to legislate open source and Big Tech pushed back hard. Nearly 20 years later, open-source solutions are running citizen services in municipalities across the country and even powering the tax authority in Greenland. In this episode, Magenta CEO Morten Kjærsgaard explains Denmark’s “first wave” and “second wave” of open-source adoption, and how open-source companies across Europe are now working together to build truly sovereign public-sector technology.

Why Pay for 'Free' Software?

Why The Netherlands are Leading the Open Source Movement

Print Media vs. Open Source: Lessons in Survival and Sustainability

Digital Sovereignty or Digital Colony? A Wake-Up Call for Europe

What Makes Software Sovereign? (Hint: It's Not Where It's Made)

Containers Explained: How Modern Software Sails!

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 engineer—to uncover the messy, fascinating world of clipboard behaviour in and out of browsers. From browser quirks to surprising security concerns, and why pasting from Google Sheets used to break your spreadsheets, we dive into what it takes to make Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V just work. If you’ve ever copied a password, a table, or an emoji—this episode is for you.

From .TXT to .DOCX, we explore the evolution of digital documents and why open standards matter.