Stefane Fermigier, PhD
@sfermigier.bsky.social
French tech entrepreneur and open source advocate. Founder and CEO of Abilian, he previously founded Nuxeo ($150M exit). A graduate of ENS Paris, with a PhD in mathematics, he has founden and driven numerous open source projects and organizations in Europe
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The @ec.europa.eu’s cloud operations are almost entirely -99%- dependent on 🇺🇸 providers, leaving the EU's daily operations exposed to the threat of US sanctions, according to the institution’s own data.
An analysis to read on @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
An analysis to read on @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
Commission's cloud operations vulnerable to US sanctions - Euractiv
Just 1% of Commission services run on France-based OVHcloud’s public cloud
www.euractiv.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The @ec.europa.eu’s cloud operations are almost entirely -99%- dependent on 🇺🇸 providers, leaving the EU's daily operations exposed to the threat of US sanctions, according to the institution’s own data.
An analysis to read on @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
An analysis to read on @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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La @ec.europa.eu publie une feuille de route sur le #LogicielLibre (via @sfermigier.bsky.social)
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La Commission européenne publie une feuille de route sur le logiciel libre - LinuxFr.org
La Commission européenne publie une feuille de route sur le logiciel libre
linuxfr.org
August 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
La @ec.europa.eu publie une feuille de route sur le #LogicielLibre (via @sfermigier.bsky.social)
linuxfr.org/news/la-comm...
linuxfr.org/news/la-comm...
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Um, hi, whaaaaat? My keynote is on LWN!
July 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Um, hi, whaaaaat? My keynote is on LWN!
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As a philosophy major who adored symbolic logic courses, this may be my favorite cartoon ever.
May 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
As a philosophy major who adored symbolic logic courses, this may be my favorite cartoon ever.
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🗓️ Join us at @OW2 conference, June 17-18th in Paris (#OW2Con'2025)
👉🏼 In the rich agenda, do not miss the breakout session about Cyber Resilience Act, with @inno3 and @CNLL to understand and share the potential impact on #opensource governance.
ospo-alliance.org/news/2025052...
👉🏼 In the rich agenda, do not miss the breakout session about Cyber Resilience Act, with @inno3 and @CNLL to understand and share the potential impact on #opensource governance.
ospo-alliance.org/news/2025052...
🛡️ Cyber Resilience Act (CRA): What's up for your open source governance ?
In June, we will be present at OW2con'2025 to contribute to the breakout session about Cyber Resilience Act, with Inno3 and CNLL.
ospo-alliance.org
May 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
🗓️ Join us at @OW2 conference, June 17-18th in Paris (#OW2Con'2025)
👉🏼 In the rich agenda, do not miss the breakout session about Cyber Resilience Act, with @inno3 and @CNLL to understand and share the potential impact on #opensource governance.
ospo-alliance.org/news/2025052...
👉🏼 In the rich agenda, do not miss the breakout session about Cyber Resilience Act, with @inno3 and @CNLL to understand and share the potential impact on #opensource governance.
ospo-alliance.org/news/2025052...
RIP Sebastiao Salgado, l'un des géants de la photographie contemporaine.
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www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...
Sebastiao Salgado, photographe franco-brésilien, est mort à l’âge de 81 ans
Connu pour ses grandes photos en noir et blanc de conflits ou de la forêt amazonienne, le photographe, né à Aimorés, au Brésil, était arrivé à Paris à la fin des années 1960.
www.lemonde.fr
May 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
RIP Sebastiao Salgado, l'un des géants de la photographie contemporaine.
www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...
www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...
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Just horribly racist and 2nd grade school project level incompetence
“Look, here's burial sites all over the place. These are all white farmers that are being buried,” Donald Trump said during today’s White House meeting with South Africa’s president.
The image he was holding up, however, is of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
www.barrons.com/news/trump-d...
The image he was holding up, however, is of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
www.barrons.com/news/trump-d...
Trump Displays DRC Visual As Proof Of South African 'Genocide'
US President Donald Trump brandished a stack of printed articles at the White House Wednesday that he claimed documented a genocide taking place against white people in South Africa.
www.barrons.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Just horribly racist and 2nd grade school project level incompetence
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It is an absolute myth that humans want to be invasively monitored around the clock in exchange for the pleasure of being force fed commercials
“Srinivas believes that Perplexity’s browser users will be fine with such tracking because the ads should be more relevant to them.” 🙄
Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads | TechCrunch
Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.
techcrunch.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It is an absolute myth that humans want to be invasively monitored around the clock in exchange for the pleasure of being force fed commercials
Hey Open Source friends! 👋 Let's talk business at APELL Conference 2025 in Warsaw 🇵🇱! Connect with top folks & discuss why F/OSS matters more than ever, in the age of the @eurostack.bsky.social. See you there? Hosted by APELL. #OpenSource #Warsaw
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APELL Conference 2025 in Warsaw - APELL
The APELL Conference is the premier event for businesses to get together with industry leaders and innovators from the Open Source ecosystem to discuss the future of Open Source business! Hosted by AP...
apell.info
April 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Hey Open Source friends! 👋 Let's talk business at APELL Conference 2025 in Warsaw 🇵🇱! Connect with top folks & discuss why F/OSS matters more than ever, in the age of the @eurostack.bsky.social. See you there? Hosted by APELL. #OpenSource #Warsaw
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🔥 Nous publions, avec Data for Good et Science Feedback, les premiers résultats de notre détection automatisée de la désinformation climatique dans les médias - et Le Nouvel Obs y consacre sa Une !
Le rapport : Rapport accessible ici : lnkd.in/eC-K3vPK
Le rapport : Rapport accessible ici : lnkd.in/eC-K3vPK
April 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
🔥 Nous publions, avec Data for Good et Science Feedback, les premiers résultats de notre détection automatisée de la désinformation climatique dans les médias - et Le Nouvel Obs y consacre sa Une !
Le rapport : Rapport accessible ici : lnkd.in/eC-K3vPK
Le rapport : Rapport accessible ici : lnkd.in/eC-K3vPK
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Prosecution requests 5 years and 11 months in prison for each of 4 journalists—Antonina Favorksaya and Artem Krieger of SotaVision, Konstantin Gabov and Sergei Karelin, freelancers for Reuters and AP—charged with participating in an "extremist community" through connections to Alexei Navalny's ACF
April 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Prosecution requests 5 years and 11 months in prison for each of 4 journalists—Antonina Favorksaya and Artem Krieger of SotaVision, Konstantin Gabov and Sergei Karelin, freelancers for Reuters and AP—charged with participating in an "extremist community" through connections to Alexei Navalny's ACF
Updated Awesome Free / Open Source Alternatives (to common SaaS products) for Business Use:
github.com/sfermigier/a...
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GitHub - sfermigier/awesome-foss-alternatives: Awesome Free / Open Source Alternatives (to common SaaS products) for Business Use
Awesome Free / Open Source Alternatives (to common SaaS products) for Business Use - sfermigier/awesome-foss-alternatives
github.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Updated Awesome Free / Open Source Alternatives (to common SaaS products) for Business Use:
github.com/sfermigier/a...
github.com/sfermigier/a...
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“Ils m’appellent pour me lécher le C.”. La violence des propos de Trump à propos des négociations sur droits de douane. J’ai un haut-le-coeur.
April 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
“Ils m’appellent pour me lécher le C.”. La violence des propos de Trump à propos des négociations sur droits de douane. J’ai un haut-le-coeur.
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This June, two back-to-back events will bring Europe’s open source and digital policy discussions to Warsaw
• 10 June – APELL Conference
🔗https://apell.info/apell-conference-2025-warsaw/
• 11 June – OFE Capital Series Poland
🔗https://openforumeurope.org/event/capital-series-poland/
• 10 June – APELL Conference
🔗https://apell.info/apell-conference-2025-warsaw/
• 11 June – OFE Capital Series Poland
🔗https://openforumeurope.org/event/capital-series-poland/
April 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This June, two back-to-back events will bring Europe’s open source and digital policy discussions to Warsaw
• 10 June – APELL Conference
🔗https://apell.info/apell-conference-2025-warsaw/
• 11 June – OFE Capital Series Poland
🔗https://openforumeurope.org/event/capital-series-poland/
• 10 June – APELL Conference
🔗https://apell.info/apell-conference-2025-warsaw/
• 11 June – OFE Capital Series Poland
🔗https://openforumeurope.org/event/capital-series-poland/
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The political incentives to pursue the populist attacks on liberal symbols (immigrants, minorities, academia, science ...) grow stronger as it becomes clear that economic promises (DOGE checks) won’t be kept.
April 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The political incentives to pursue the populist attacks on liberal symbols (immigrants, minorities, academia, science ...) grow stronger as it becomes clear that economic promises (DOGE checks) won’t be kept.
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"The EU was formed to do damage to the US, as a unified force against the US for trade" Trump 👇
To be fair, there was also the small matter of stopping wars which killed up to 60 million people, but hey, when you're a populist, you just tell lies about silly stuff like that, so ...
To be fair, there was also the small matter of stopping wars which killed up to 60 million people, but hey, when you're a populist, you just tell lies about silly stuff like that, so ...
April 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
"The EU was formed to do damage to the US, as a unified force against the US for trade" Trump 👇
To be fair, there was also the small matter of stopping wars which killed up to 60 million people, but hey, when you're a populist, you just tell lies about silly stuff like that, so ...
To be fair, there was also the small matter of stopping wars which killed up to 60 million people, but hey, when you're a populist, you just tell lies about silly stuff like that, so ...
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J'ai dû expliquer la condamnation de Sarkozy au Mouflet (car askip au CP Sarkozy est un mot rigolo grâce aux possibilités qu'offrent le redoublement de la dernière syllabe) et ben vu son air estomaqué je vous assure que ça paraît bien dingo à qui n'est pas habitué au niveau de corruption français
April 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
J'ai dû expliquer la condamnation de Sarkozy au Mouflet (car askip au CP Sarkozy est un mot rigolo grâce aux possibilités qu'offrent le redoublement de la dernière syllabe) et ben vu son air estomaqué je vous assure que ça paraît bien dingo à qui n'est pas habitué au niveau de corruption français
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Au Mordor, la condamnée se compare à Navalny.
Regardez le post.
Puis la note.
Regardez le post.
Puis la note.
April 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Au Mordor, la condamnée se compare à Navalny.
Regardez le post.
Puis la note.
Regardez le post.
Puis la note.
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Hi, fantastic video. We wrote a blog post about it: euro-stack.com/blog/2025/4/...
April 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hi, fantastic video. We wrote a blog post about it: euro-stack.com/blog/2025/4/...
Are large US tech companies a threat to European sovereignty? Yes, for a majority of Europeans, and 75% of the French.
March 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Are large US tech companies a threat to European sovereignty? Yes, for a majority of Europeans, and 75% of the French.
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America has become like the banana republics we used to watch in 1980s action movies. And, if you are still on X, make no mistake, you are abetting this shit.
If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
March 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
America has become like the banana republics we used to watch in 1980s action movies. And, if you are still on X, make no mistake, you are abetting this shit.
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On lit des trucs bizarres dans l'huma aujourd'hui.
March 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
On lit des trucs bizarres dans l'huma aujourd'hui.
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Arret des financemebts etasuniens a l’Open Technology Fund : www.heise.de/en/news/Afte...
After Trump's decree: fight for US funding for Tor, F-Droid and Let's Encrypt
Following a decree by US President Trump, the Open Technology Fund is no longer receiving funding. That is why the organization is now going to court.
www.heise.de
March 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Arret des financemebts etasuniens a l’Open Technology Fund : www.heise.de/en/news/Afte...
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On en est donc arrivés au point de l'histoire où un descendant de chasseurs de nazis écrit dans un journal d'extrême droite que le meilleur rempart contre l'antisémitisme est un parti fondé par des nazis.
March 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
On en est donc arrivés au point de l'histoire où un descendant de chasseurs de nazis écrit dans un journal d'extrême droite que le meilleur rempart contre l'antisémitisme est un parti fondé par des nazis.
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Il y en a qui sont toujours du mauvais côté de l'histoire quand il s'agit d'être droit dans ses bottes dès le début. Encore pire dans l'ignominie : les guillemets à "menace russe" pourtant totalement réelle dans nos vies et notre quotidien. Imaginez "menace allemande/nazie" en 1938.
L’Humanité du 27 mars
Les VRP de la 3eme guerre mondiale
📰 humanite.fr
Les VRP de la 3eme guerre mondiale
📰 humanite.fr
March 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Il y en a qui sont toujours du mauvais côté de l'histoire quand il s'agit d'être droit dans ses bottes dès le début. Encore pire dans l'ignominie : les guillemets à "menace russe" pourtant totalement réelle dans nos vies et notre quotidien. Imaginez "menace allemande/nazie" en 1938.