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Re:GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in ... by MattGaiser on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @10:23AM (#25646435)
Do Danes have unique server needs compared to the rest of the world?
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Re:GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in ... by tdy721 on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @10:56AM (#25646811)
Yes, they speak Danish.
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Re:GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in ... by cutemonster on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @04:08PM (#25651067)
And Danish laws and Danish accounting systems and Danish gov agencies to maybe integrate with, etc

(Maybe more relevant for SaaS than servers though)

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Re:GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in ... by harperlee on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @10:27AM (#25646480)
Don’t strawman the parent post, they have already generalized US service dependency beyond OP, and there are already examples of local needs above:

> It probably has better support for Danish accounting, better locale support

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Re:GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in ... by madsbuch on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @10:40AM (#25646625)
That's an issue for the webshop service provider ;)
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