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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: 4, Interesting) by edIII on Friday February 28 2020, @12:30AM

    by edIII (791) on Friday February 28 2020, @12:30AM (#963879)

    Thank you. The reasons to choose BSD are far and beyond just having "closed code", which is a new consideration for me.

    Proper stable code, excellent documentation, no systemd (meaning the absence of that terrible philosophy that goes against UNIX), are just some of the talking points.

    I rather like the fact that Perl, which comprises most of the tools and scripts I've created recently, has the most important core modules reviewed and repacked every cycle. No chance of infection from a compromised repository, when you're doing it right.

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