Dutch government bodies were unpleasantly surprised by news that an American tech firm has acquired the Dutch cloud company Solvinity, the Financieele Dagblad reported. Several governments opted for working with Solvinity precisely to reduce dependence on American technology firms.
    • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Solvinity works primarily for Dutch government bodies…

      Given that the bulk of the business is cloud services for the Dutch government, blocking or nationalizing seems like the right move.

      • spechter@feddit.orgEnglish
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        1 month ago

        But are we going to risk donna throwing a tantrum over this company?

        But are we going to risk donna throwing a tantrum over whatever it’s next Werk?

        God, i could go mad over politicians acting tougher than Kruppstahl on refugees and those receiving welfare, but having just enough spine to lift their asses from the spineless pile when the US or for that matter any other big company wants to have its way.

  • BigShammy80@feddit.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Now they buy everything in Europe… Google investing a few billion here and there… it’s sad, but predictable.