Protectionism? AMD reported the Intel case, Sun and Novell the Media player one. Philips are from the Netherlands. Ireland were judged to be providing illegal s

Protectionism? AMD reported the Intel case, Sun and Novell the Media player one. Philips are from the Netherlands. Ireland were judged to be providing illegal state aid. You might not like anti-trust laws but most places have them in some form or another, US included. They should probably be invoked rather more than they are. I don't see how any of that relates to the startup scene. European VC isn't the same as SV. Europe has multiple countries and languages so is far harder to grow with the ease you might in the US.