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posted by martyb on Thursday February 27 2020, @07:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the three-cheers-for-optimism dept.

The Helsinki Times reports that Finland's Minister of Finance suggested during a recent foreign policy speech that Finland and the EU could pursue self-sufficiency in computing, in particular to avoid over dependence on just a handful of companies. She pointed out that this overreliance on said companies has become so severe that company policy has already started to override existing relevant legislation. The topic had earlier been brought up by President Sauli Niinistö. So far, though, not even Russia has made progress in that direction despite over a decade passing since announcing plans.

"Cyber self-sufficiency, in practical terms, could mean having a European operating system and web browser. The EU could also function as a provider of certificates," she envisioned in a foreign and security policy speech in Helsinki on Wednesday, 26 February.

Previously:
Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software


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  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday February 27 2020, @08:07PM (3 children)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Thursday February 27 2020, @08:07PM (#963704) Journal

    Actually Microsoft did not make the browser from scratch. They licensed Spyglass Mosaic and built from there.

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday February 27 2020, @08:17PM

    by Freeman (732) on Thursday February 27 2020, @08:17PM (#963707) Journal

    Sorry, I meant with regards to the rebranded Chrome.

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by DannyB on Thursday February 27 2020, @10:02PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 27 2020, @10:02PM (#963805) Journal

    Microsoft acquired Spyglass for $100,000.00 up front plus a generous royalty percentage of sales.

    Microsoft then renamed Spyglass to Internet Explorer.

    Guess how many copies of IE were ever sold?

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Bot on Thursday February 27 2020, @11:04PM

    by Bot (3902) on Thursday February 27 2020, @11:04PM (#963845) Journal

    > They licensed Spyglass Mosaic
    no they scammed them into licensing their product for nothing.

    Hey, BTW, "Spyglass" is the most appropriate name for the modern browser.

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