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Dutch parliament calls for end to dependence on US software companies (www.reuters.com)
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AMSTERDAM, March 19 (Reuters) - The Netherlands' parliament on Tuesday approved a series of motions calling on the government to reduce dependence on U.S. software companies, including by creating a cloud services platform under Dutch control.

While such initiatives have foundered in the past due to a lack of viable European alternatives, lawmakers said changing relations with the United States under the presidency of Donald Trump have given the issue fresh urgency.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is a smart move for the Dutch, but it's gonna cost USA firms massive contracts. This isn't good for our economy. Orange idiot is doing irreparable harm with only yes-people around him.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Hopefully people actually make the switch though. Weve got plenty of alternatives to many big US tech services, but a lot of them simply suffer due to lack of userbase. Even things which dont require other active users (i.e non social media type services) suffer because people tend to go for what they know and what their friends have, regardless of any other options.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Finally

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Smart.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I never knew “foundered” was a word. I thought the article misspelled “floundered.” Pretty interesting.