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There are plenty of EU giants: Linus Torvalds, Guido van Rossum, Bjarne Stroustrup, Niklaus Wirth, Anders Hejlsberg, Bram Moolenaar

• dagw 3y ago
  And almost all of them ended up either moving to the US and/or employed by a large US tech organisation. No one is claiming the people from the EU aren't super smart, talented and innovative, just that the EU does a terrible job at of fostering and nurturing that.
  • permo-w 3y ago
    you meaning fostering and nurturing that into more exploitative mega corporations? I can live with that
    • dagw 3y ago
      I mean fostering and nurturing any reason at all for these people (and people like them) to stay in the EU and not work for US based "exploitative mega corporations". Why do so many EU citizens see working for (or trying to start) a US based "exploitative mega corporations" the best way to achieve their tech goals.
• eternal_braid 3y ago
  Bram has unfortunately died.
• ElFitz 3y ago
  ASML