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Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by dragandj on Monday October 05, 2020 @06:22AM (#24686281)
Horizon 2020? Yes, lots of paper was pushed and lots of fantastic reports written. It promised more breakthroughs and discoveries, but it only delivered tons of reports printed on dead trees.
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Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by jlokier on Monday October 05, 2020 @06:38AM (#24686373)
Maybe so, and I'm not going to say Horizon 2020 is equivalent to Silicon Valley investment.

But it has funded lots of small companies doing R&D, which I thought was the subtopic here comparing with DoD funding, which also involves lots of paper and fantastic reports...

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Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by fakedang on Monday October 05, 2020 @09:40AM (#24687671)
The issue with Europe is that it's all decentralized by nature. They can't expect a company in Prague or one in Madrid to move to Strasbourg, unless given strong incentives, which the EU is pretty loathe to give.
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