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> The Dutch, for example, own ASML, but this doesn’t really give them any power, because their tools are relatively “open”. https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-con
by walterbell 2y ago
> The Dutch, for example, own ASML, but this doesn’t really give them any power, because their tools are relatively “open”.
https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CSET-Tracing-the-Emergence-of-Extreme-Ultraviolet-Lithography.pdf https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CSET-Tracing-...
That a Dutch company, ASML, commercialized a technology pioneered in America’s national laboratory ecosystem and largely funded by Intel also has important lessons for policymakers interested in protecting and promoting the next emerging technology.
- sebmellen 2y agoYou prove my point. Open innovation does not lead to geopolitical power. There is one exception, which is that you can use your open innovation pipeline as a carrot to recruit intelligent people who then bolster your closed innovation ecosystem. The US used to be very good at this. We are still very good at this, but we're getting worse, and we're progressively more hostile to skilled immigration.