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US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS

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  1. PorciiVorbesc · · focus · HN ↗
    I still don't get why EU governments and agencies don't standardize around an already existing industry proven OS the EU already has domestically, which is SUSE, and need to each go reinventing the wheel their own way, which leads to higher costs and more fragmentation across the EU.

    I heard the reason was that NL doesn't know if SUSE will be sold off again and might end up in the hands of some US PE, but here's the thing, you're the government, you can just block the sale of companies related to sovereign national security like those making operating systems. You can just do things when you want to. You literally have that power. Exercise it for once FFS.

    1. dtech · · focus · HN ↗
      > I heard the reason was that NL doesn't know if SUSE will be sold off again and might end up in the hands of some US PE, but here's the thing, you're the government, you can just block the sale of companies

      The Dutch government can famously prevent sales of German and Luxembourgish companies yes.

      1. Alexander-Barth · · focus · HN ↗
        For context, the US once prevented that a German company AIXTRON was sold to a Chinese investor in 2016 (perhaps for good reasons). To me it would sound like a good deal for the Netherlands and Luxembourg/Germany if Netherlands would uses SUSE and the Luxembourg/Germany would step in to keep in in the EU.

        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;eu.usatoday.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;money&#x2F;2016&#x2F;12&#x2F;02&#x2F;us-blocks-chinas-fujian-buying-aixtron&#x2F;94833072&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;eu.usatoday.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;money&#x2F;2016&#x2F;12&#x2F;02&#x2F;us-blocks-chi...

        1. PorciiVorbesc · · focus · HN ↗
          Isn&#x27;t it odd how Germany needed the US to stop them from committing a(nother) suicidal mistake regarding their industry sovereignty?

          I wonder, is anyone left in the German government now (that isn&#x27;t a paid lobbyist) that is even remotely interested on covering their industry sovereignty?

          Every so often I hear about new footguns Germany used on itself.

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