OSS EU Panel: Technological Sovereignty Needs Choice, Skills and Support

At the Open Source Summit Europe in Prague, panelists from CNCF, OpenSSF and Linux Foundation Europe discussed EU sovereignty. The key point: avoiding global providers isn't necessary, but credible alternatives and skills are. They flagged a shortage of local firms able to support mature projects like OpenStack.

• The panel took place at Open Source Summit Europe in Prague with CNCF, OpenSSF and Linux Foundation Europe
• The EU cloud sovereignty framework lists eight objectives, including legal and supply-chain sovereignty
• Carrez cited a shortage of local companies able to package and support mature projects such as OpenStack
• Bryce said the main gap is dependence on chips and optics, not open-source software