Netherlands reaches deal to cut reliance on U.S. cloud tech
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legacynl
Thanks trump!
edit: /s to clarify. He's destroying relationships that were made over tens if not hundreds of years. The only upside to this is that us Europeans finally realize that dependency on foreign software is idiotic.
halJordan
It's weird how when we consider American tech it's a given that "dependency on foreign x" is not only bad, but the people who do it are actual idiots.
But when any American says we need to stop China from subsuming x industry it's castigated as racist xenophobia where the old white men need to accept that the free market defeated them.
tracker1
I've been somewhat in favor of more protectionist movements in the US myself... maybe not everything the way Trump is executing, but a lot of the meaning behind it. I'm more than happy to see other countries do more of the same, in this case the Netherlands.
There's more to domestic security than just the military... COVID should have been a shining example of why domestic supplies of anything that can be considered essential infrastructure should never be zero... I'd say it shouldn't ever be less than 50 percent if at all possible.
I'll give more leeway for open source software that runs essential infrastructure, as that can be forked and domesticated if necessary... and there should be some infrastructure and planning to support that.
While not every country can operate as independently as larger countries like the US, there should definitely be an eye towards domestic supply, infrastructure and independence that I think too many have fallen into a globalist mindset that detracts in a lot of ways and belies human nature in favor of a few elites.
nxm
One sided relationships are not that beneficial
dragonelite
Ooh expected an article about the dutch government blocking the sale of the hosting company that now host our digital-id program to an american company/investor.
chatmasta
What company and American company?
kees99
Solvinity, and Kyndryl, respectively.
That story is mentioned in the TFA.
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aaron695
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The ridiculous thing is that a few years ago America and by extension its companies were seen as dependable and capable allies in the Netherlands.