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Creative Cloud, 95% of social media, Google/Bing, Office, Autodesk stuff, Windows. The biggest European global(ly consumed) software is probably Spotify right?
by patagurbon 6y ago
Creative Cloud, 95% of social media, Google/Bing, Office, Autodesk stuff, Windows. The biggest European global(ly consumed) software is probably Spotify right?
- kabes 6y agoProbably SAP
- makapuf 6y agoLinux?
- dmitriid 6y agoSomeone already mentioned SAP. Also Booking.com. But also ARM (though it's hardware, not software). Europe also produces 20% of world's research in the field [1] The big question though is: do we measure success correctly? The vast majority of "great American companies" are either vaporware with inflated valuations, or produce zero innovations [2] [1] https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/european-rd-review-finds-lagging-high-tech-performance-despite-major-science-investment https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/european-rd-review-f... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24460504 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24460504
- barry-cotter 6y agoBooking is a wholly owned subsidiary of Priceline and has been for most of its existence since they bought it after it went bankrupt.