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Re:Proton Technologies awarded €2M from the EU by Erlich_Bachman on Saturday March 09, 2019 @04:18AM (#19345279)
Microsoft Windows is surely useful. It doesn't mean that we want taxpayer money to subsidize it.
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Re:Proton Technologies awarded €2M from the EU by matthewmacleod on Saturday March 09, 2019 @08:07AM (#19345932)
I would point out though that this specific grant is made under the SME Instrument, specifically focused at helping SMEs bring new products to market.
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Re:Proton Technologies awarded €2M from the EU by rat9988 on Saturday March 09, 2019 @05:38AM (#19345540)
If microsoft went bankrupt, we surely would want to support windows in some way.
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Re:Proton Technologies awarded €2M from the EU by forty on Saturday March 09, 2019 @06:15AM (#19345634)
Well the only way I would support it would be to purchase the code and make it open source :)
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Re:Proton Technologies awarded €2M from the EU by Erlich_Bachman on Saturday March 09, 2019 @07:07AM (#19345754)
If Windows would then become free (as it is paid for by the taxpayer then), and preferably open-source, then absolutely. MS is not going bankrupt any time soon though.
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Re:Proton Technologies awarded €2M from the EU by johnchristopher on Saturday March 09, 2019 @06:49AM (#19345709)
Why not ? Microsoft is a big company and that come with jobs and revenues that can be taxed.
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Re:Proton Technologies awarded €2M from the EU by gmueckl on Saturday March 09, 2019 @06:58AM (#19345730)
Well, from a European perspective the jobs and taxes are all abroad. I think that some politicians don't like that very much.
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