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Written by bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺 on 2025-02-02 at 13:38

My call for European governments to retain at least a core IT/communication/email/file capability that is independent of US clouds. Named after the iconic Radio Kootwijk which we built in response to the English cutting off our communications with Indonesia in 1916: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/communicating-without-musk-and-trump-cloud-kootwijk/

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Written by Serge Droz on 2025-02-02 at 17:37

@bert_hubert welcome to the club. It seems to me, that governments in Europe see IT as a nuisance not an opportunity nor do they seem to understand that the cloud doesn't just come out of an Ethernet cable. And they seem to fall for the "the data center is in our jurisdiction and we have a contract" fallacy.

If you say this doesn't protect you, you're called paranoid and accused of being overly critical.

Good luck I hope the right people read this, but I fear they won't

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Written by bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺 on 2025-02-02 at 19:24

@sergedroz This stuff does get read (these days) by the right people. It even gets discussed. But the question is if someone gets up to DO something.

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Written by Serge Droz on 2025-02-03 at 06:56

@bert_hubert then you're one step ahead. I feel it's more of an hypothetical discussion, a bit like climate change. The argument always seems to be "Let's stay realistic" completely ignoring the facts. It's wishful thinking.

Maybe it doesn't come to the worst, good. But you can't bank on it.

It seems like someone at the doctor's place who is told he has cancer and needs a hefty therapy. Few say no, because the diagnosis could be wrong or the disease might go away without it.

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