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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.
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(Score: 2) by HiThere on Thursday February 27 2020, @09:10PM
OTOH, thinking it over a bit, perhaps he was thinking of Intel as the company on which they were too dependent. That's a much harder problem, as AMD isn't that much a "better choice" in the area of reducing dependence on externalities. Even China has been having problems with that one. And then there's the question of fabs. If you want to run your own fab at one step below cutting edge, you're talking real money.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.