Bert Hubert&#39;s writings

Verslagje nota overleg 'Wolken aan de horizon'

De hele korte versie: De kern van de Nederlandse overheid draait nu op eigen emailservers, in eigen beheer. Op 14 oktober 2025 verloopt de ondersteuning op de gebruikte...

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Vanochtend 2 juni was er in de Tweede Kamer een nota overleg over de initiatiefnota “Wolken aan de Horizon” van Barbara Kathmann (GL-PvdA) en Jesse Six Dijkstra (NSC). Er is...

Galileo's Testing Communications

So as a bit of a followup to my earlier post “What we in the open world are messing up in trying to compete with big tech ”: please (mostly) stop harassing people doing the...

What we in the open world are messing up in trying to compete with big tech

When Galileo (the European satellite navigation system) was proposed there was a lot of criticism. “We already have the US GPS”, and we’d always be able to rely on our...

A coherent European/non-US cloud strategy: building railroads for the cloud economy

Our societies and governments now largely run on American proprietary big-tech platforms. Many of us want to decrease this dependency, or even end it altogether. This article is...

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In the earlier post ‘But how to get to that European cloud?’ I alluded to a coherent strategy that might get us to such a non-US cloud. In the present article I hope to clarify...

'The cloud' is not just servers. 'Going to the cloud' could also mean locking into a forever sub-contractor

I do a lot of talks and because of this I also attend quite a lot of them. I’ve previously shared some hopefully useful advice on how to give a decent presentation. But there’s...

Out of the Office: Into each life some rain must fall

The very brief version: “going to the cloud” can mean renting services/servers that you could get from anywhere. There’s little lock-in. The same four words “going to the cloud”...

Bert Hubert's writings · 12mo

It is written that into each life some rain must fall, and currently a lot is falling on my family. We’re getting very good care and lots of support, so please don’t worry about...

Cloud Kootwijk: moties zijn aangenomen!

Dear hosters, you are selling wood, not furniture

Ik moet ook nog even wennen aan het idee, maar “motie Cloud Kootwijk” is aangenomen (al heet ‘ie anders): "Motie van het lid Kathmann over een aanbesteding voor een rijkscloud...

Hosters verkopen hout, klanten willen meubels

Earlier, I wrote that there isn’t just one type of cloud; it ranges from renting out servers to fully managed office software as a service. One relevant type of cloud use is...

But how to get to that European cloud?

Eerder schreef ik dat er niet één soort cloud is, het loopt van servers verhuren tot kant en klare kantoorsoftware as a service. Een relevant soort cloud is wat informeel wel...

Maar hoe bouw je die cloud?

The very short version: It has now become clear that European governments can no longer rely on American clouds, and that we lack good and comprehensive alternatives. Market...