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Finland and the EU Could Eventually Pursue Self-Sufficiency in Computing

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

canopic jug writes:

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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Original Submission

• Re:Self-Sufficiency is good. Balkanization is not. (Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Thursday February 27 2020, @09:59PM

  by DannyB (5839) on Thursday February 27 2020, @09:59PM (#963799) Journal

  It will be best if all our Self-Sufficient™ systems can all talk to each other.

  ^<no-sarcasm>
  It will be best if all our Self-Sufficient™ systems are Linux.
  _{</no-sarcasm>}

  Every country would build their own. To avoid the monoculture of Windows.

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  To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.

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