Randahl FinkMar 30

I do not think Americans realise the far reaching economic consequences of having elected Donald Trump.

While the Danes have elected a new parliament which may push for less military purchases from the U.S., the citizens of Denmark have now presented two new citizen petitions: One requiring parliament to make it illegal to use Peter Thiel's Palantir AI surveilance software, and another one preventing the use of American technologies in our national health systems.

Welcome to the Trump economy.

Show threadBritstralianMar 30
@randahl How long until "American technologies " includes Microsoft?
Show threadPaladin  Mar 30

@Nigel_Lake @randahl I work excluding with Microsoft software. Our customers are heavily invested with Microsoft. It will be much work and take long time.

I would say that the mood is worried. The trust is gone.

Show threadBritstralianMar 30

@Paladin @randahl It's really tough. Then again, if you run a business where data security matters - especially outside the USA - thrn this is a problem with which you must eventually grapple. It's easy to put in the 'too hard' basket - but at some point Microsoft could easily be required to disable software in a particular country...

[Added] Meanwhile, I see China began a fairly systematic effort to shift to different operating systems around five years ago...

Show threadConny NaschMar 30
@Nigel_Lake thank you for the Chinese info, I had not been aware of that, even though it is perfectly logical. They are on the way to becoming the next "soft power" replacing what the Mango Mussolini has destroyed.
Show threadBritstralian
@connynasch I never cease to be unsurprised by how far ahead the Chinese think...
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