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Between this and the on-going case with Microsoft Ireland, would anyone like to speculate on the impact to US tech companies ability to compete internationally
by nickfromseattle 11y ago
Between this and the on-going case with Microsoft Ireland, would anyone like to speculate on the impact to US tech companies ability to compete internationally if the US Justice Department wins?
There may not be a foreign equivalent for US companies working on complex or enterprise problems.
Europe is often times the second highest revenue generating region outside of the US for US tech companies. Do European businesses care about this? Would this cause them to adopt a lesser alternative? Does this comply with EU Model Clauses that govern regulated verticals like defense, finance, academia, healthcare, etc?
I am not a lawyer, but I can't imagine the EU Model Clauses would allow for something like this.
- stormbuilder 11y agoWell, after the Snowden reveals, everyone was talking about it every day for more than an year. Did that actually lead to companies choose EU providers over USA ones? Not sure, but it certainly was a factor that many considered. Especially in areas where client data is very sensitive (like healthcare), EU companies are extremely paranoid about it.