62 points | by taubek 2 days ago ago
9 comments
European digital sovereignty pls.
For the last decade or so Europe has managed to kill its tech industry by coming up with regulations only corporations with deep pockets can afford to satisfy.
This seems to be changing, so hopefully that works out.
That's a very partial view of the story. Over-regulation does not help but it is very far from the only element:
- Funding for startup in Europe is spare. There is nothing similar to the USA's VC culture here.
- Market is naturally more fragmented due to language barrier.
- Talent pool is spreader over multiple countries. We do not have any equivalent to the valley here.
- There was (up to now) 0 protectionism that would give a competitive advantage on EU soil to a EU company in front of an American giant.
Discussion (415 points, 354 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334533
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334533
What PLM software is Airbus using right now? Why isn't it running on prem already?
...aren't we all.
Because under Trump, the US cannot be trusted.
Trump or no Trump, the US shouldn't be trusted as a global gatekeeper, centralised authority, and single point of failure regardless.
Trump having made this obvious without having locked all resources down and gone full Stalin yet in the process is doing the world a favour.
"There are no accidents" ~Ugwe.
European digital sovereignty pls.
For the last decade or so Europe has managed to kill its tech industry by coming up with regulations only corporations with deep pockets can afford to satisfy.
This seems to be changing, so hopefully that works out.
That's a very partial view of the story. Over-regulation does not help but it is very far from the only element:
- Funding for startup in Europe is spare. There is nothing similar to the USA's VC culture here.
- Market is naturally more fragmented due to language barrier.
- Talent pool is spreader over multiple countries. We do not have any equivalent to the valley here.
- There was (up to now) 0 protectionism that would give a competitive advantage on EU soil to a EU company in front of an American giant.
Discussion (415 points, 354 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334533
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334533
What PLM software is Airbus using right now? Why isn't it running on prem already?
...aren't we all.
Because under Trump, the US cannot be trusted.
Trump or no Trump, the US shouldn't be trusted as a global gatekeeper, centralised authority, and single point of failure regardless.
Trump having made this obvious without having locked all resources down and gone full Stalin yet in the process is doing the world a favour.
"There are no accidents" ~Ugwe.