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The New York Times has a story that delves into a conundrum faced by Europeans: Why are there few, if any, technology companies from Europe with the size and reach of American tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Apple?
The article hypothesizes that, even though employment regulations and other business and legal factors play a role, it's actually deeply-embedded cultural differences that are the primary cause, citing less aversion to risk-taking, less stigma from business failures such as bankruptcies, little or no stigma from leaving and rejoining a company which is seen as disloyal in European cultures, more acceptance of disruptive innovation, and a less rigid educational system that allows individuals to find their own form of success.
(Considering the many indications that US schools now train for tests, not knowledge, perhaps alternatives to school are more attractive.)
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Sunday June 21 2015, @03:55PM
Why would you need one?
Look, ARM [wikipedia.org] is European... thanks to Android, there are more ARM processors in this world than there are Intels.
Raspberry PI is European [wikipedia.org]
Arduino [wikipedia.org] is European
Alcatel [wikipedia.org] (which bought Bell Labs) is European
What's in Sillicon Valley now? A bunch of guys that invented "global taxi"? Or "show your privates, I'll show mine, this in the view of the whole world and we'll call it social media"?
Mate, Europe has much denser population, a more relaxed life-style and better public transport: if you want to meet your friend (and show the privates to each other) you don't need Facebook/Twitter/Uber, just go to a beer garden of your choice and listen to a jazz band (or a gypsy one if so you like), then pick which place you retreat, her or your's.
https://www.youtube.com/@ProfSteveKeen https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by zugedneb on Sunday June 21 2015, @04:14PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture [wikipedia.org]
Bro, give credit where it belongs.
Arm is not actually manufactured enywhere in europe, the fabs or in other places. Also, the history of arm is a bit convoluted with a lot of US companies, as can be read on the wiki page...
I begun with the 68000, have not even heard of arm, until maybe 10 years ago...
What's in Sillicon Valley now? A bunch of guys that invented "global taxi"?
Unfortunately, a lot of talent that is not used as they should...
US, as it is today, is getting more and more defunct, but there is still an optimism inspiring amount of brainpower over there, so a "change" might actually lead to something constructive.
The tech industry in US also led to large amount of science fiction that in turn lead to concepts and debates whould not have come from europe.
No matter how you see it, europe lives in a dream that starts cracking up...
Some say people in US have their identity in God, in the Army, or in Tech...
In europe we have our identity in artists and composers now many decades dead, and in misinformation about one or other countries liberal lifestyle...
old saying: "a troll is a window into the soul of humanity" + also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Sunday June 21 2015, @05:00PM
Let me cite an 17y+ movie [wikipedia.org]: "American components, Russian Components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!" So why does matter? If the Chinese are able to fabs without being able to design a CPU*, why is this a problem for someone who can design?
* not quite true [wikipedia.org], but surprise: BLX (the designer of Longsoon) is fabless. Guess who fabs them? STMicroelectronics [wikipedia.org], which
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You are mistaken and, as I see, in a pessimistic mood (are you Russian? Even so, it's summer there, can't get a reason for the gloomy mood). Science and innovation takes place in Europe more that in US nowadays, US is wasting itself like hell in destructive endeavours (their fault, nobody pushed Bush into Iraq). I gave you the links before, have some others.
* Rosetta [wikipedia.org] landing on the comet is European
* 3D printed space thrusters [soylentnews.org] are European ("We produce 150–200 thrusters in this class per year for different customers")
https://www.youtube.com/@ProfSteveKeen https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Informative) by zugedneb on Sunday June 21 2015, @07:56PM
interview with the maker of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jOJl8gRPyQ [youtube.com]
old saying: "a troll is a window into the soul of humanity" + also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax