8.5% of the U.S. population self-hosts at least one internet-facing service — from websites and file storage to smart home tools and password syncing. But what motivates people to do

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.

Open source is “free”—so why do serious teams pay for it? In this episode, Eloy Crespo breaks down the real value behind paid open-source offerings: support, SLAs, performance, security, compliance,

“True digital sovereignty can only exist when you combine open source and open standards. Full stop.” The Dutch are known for building dikes and canals — but these days they’re

“Why would you spend £5 on a magazine when you can get that online for free?” What does the decline of print journalism have to do with the future of

“Without radical measures to reduce dependency on digital monopolies, the digital future of Germany and Europe is lost.” —Prof. Dr. Harald Wehnes In this episode of Open Matters, we speak

“Proprietary software can be just as big a liability to digital sovereignty when it’s produced in Germany as big tech from the US.” Miriam Seyffarth from the Open Source Business

️ Welcome to Open Matters, the podcast on open-source matters – because openness matters! What do shipping containers have to do with software? A lot more than you’d think. In

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.

In our very first episode, we’re joined by Michael Meeks – Collabora Productivity CEO, and co-founder and former director of The Document Foundation as we crack open a seemingly simple