I also have to point out being Danish myself that the Danish education system is under heavy attack in Denmark as being uncompetitive. I'm too lazy to google i

I also have to point out being Danish myself that the Danish education system is under heavy attack in Denmark as being uncompetitive. I'm too lazy to google it right now but I remember Danish test results being amongst the worst in Europe. That said I think Denmark has good enough education and improving it is the least of our problems. Denmark has had several high profile people in Computer Science. What is interesting is that they have almost without exception been forced to find a home outside Denmark. Danish culture is very conformist. And it's IT culture doesn't disappoint here. J2EE with Struts and the Waterfall Development model is still seen as cutting edge. Mainframes (proof that we were advanced a few decades ago) are still in wide use in even relatively small companies. I know lots of great Ruby, Python etc programmers there, who are frustrated beyond belief at the lack of momentum for such languages there. I keep preaching to them to start companies. The funny little secret about the Scandinavian model is that at least for Denmark and Norway it has essentially been funded by North Sea Oil. Most Danes don't even know this, but it is reported every year by the ministry of finance. They have also been hit really hard by the recession and I'm not sure how they are going to do with lower oil prices now.