Another European government agency is preparing to ditch Microsoft if needed

• Estonia isn't planning on ditching US Big Tech, but it will if it needs to
• 20% of each government workstation's costs go to Microsoft
• Migrating to a European alternative is a bigger job than it seems

Estonia's State IT Center (RIT) looks to be the latest European organization to move away from US tech giants in favour of supporting local alternatives.

While the RIT says it currently has no plans to fully abandon Microsoft, Google or Amazon, preparations to find a suitable alternative suggest it could be readying to migrate amid rising geopolitical tensions.

Director Ergo Tars also noted a pan-European decision to block American tech products from federal agencies could force it to rely on European technology, hence Estonia's proactive preparation.