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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by mbrodersen on Saturday June 06, 2020 @04:48AM (#23437680)
> how far behind the old world is, both in tech as in spirit

I always laugh out loud reading nonsense like that. It is only true if you extremely narrowly define "tech" as SaaS solutions. Just to mention a few examples: almost all Fortune 500 companies in the US run on "old world" (Germany7) SAP software. Almost all mobile phones run on "old world" (England) ARM designed chips. The worlds best Go player was beaten by "old world" (England) software. The largest airliner in the world (A380) was designed and built in the "old world". Do I really need to go on?

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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by Nimitz14 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:10AM (#23439288)
England is the most modern of the large European countries and is obviously not what OP was talking about. He's right, both the regulations and the culture make Germany not a pleasant place to do business.
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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by mbrodersen on Sunday June 07, 2020 @05:38AM (#23446056)
Having lived, worked and paid taxes in England for a number of years, I can tell you that England typically is 5 to 10 years behind Denmark/Norway/Sweden.
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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by Nimitz14 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @05:57AM (#23446126)
Notice I used the word "large".
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