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Radboud University's board has reacted to the big tech open letter, see: 📄.pdf With some more context in Dutch at:

Radboud Universiteit deelt zorgen Big Tech | Radboud Universiteit

Er zijn geregeld zorgen over afhankelijkheid van de universiteit van Big Tech, zoals Microsoft 365. Lees hoe hieraan wordt gewerkt d.m.v. een nieuw...

Short summary: the concerns are taken seriously and discussed at length, but actual steps away from big tech still have to be taken. The original open letter from Nijmegen is at:

Jaap-Henk Hoepman @ Radboud University Nijmegen : Open letter to the Executive Board

There is now also a version in Utrecht at:

Utrecht University

Open letter to the Executive University Board: Calling for a transformation to digital autonomy

In this open letter José van Dijck en Albert Meijer express their concern about Utrecht University’s increasing reliance on services from Big Te...