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If it was submitted 14 hours ago that is start of night in Europe (the target market). So the 9-5 target market was mostly asleep, while USA was getting home fr

by Fnoord 11mo ago

If it was submitted 14 hours ago that is start of night in Europe (the target market). So the 9-5 target market was mostly asleep, while USA was getting home from work. China was getting awake. If the article was submitted 5-6 hours earlier or 7-8 hours later, the outcome would've differed. Since it seems like a French company, I can think of various European customers who would be interested in using their hardware, or even investing in this company. For starters, government, defense industry, IT (including infosec). European defense industry is a goldmine right now, the sky is the limit.

jack_tripper 11mo ago
>European defense industry is a goldmine right now, the sky is the limit. Care to detail? Like I'm sure defense stocks and some arms manufacturing is up, but where I live I don't see the tech jobs market being boosted by defense spending.
- Fnoord 11mo ago
  Is up a lot, yes. It all goes slowww. But it is moving forward. You would need a tough screening regardless. Defense is very picky about their contractors. But I can give a hint where the money comes from: 3,5% of BBP has to be for defense, and 1,5% for infra for defense. Many countries were at about 2% before (getting a bit higher due to geopolitical changes early 2022). Also, think of funding for European tech companies. Governments are getting rid of Microsoft 365 in favor of Nextcloud. Especially Opencloud (Nextcloud, also European, formerly known as nextcloud-go) and Opendesk. It goes slow, partly because of regulations and each country goes for their own local contractor (an expert who speaks the native language). The victim is going to be our health care system, and general social security system. Because we were able to afford this thanks to NATO, and NATO is now a paper tiger. We're also not known for our VC culture, but here goes: https://www.cursor.tue.nl/nieuws/2025/november/week-4/surf-zoekt-proefkonijnen-voor-alternatief-microsoft https://www.cursor.tue.nl/nieuws/2025/november/week-4/surf-z... SURF has financed many FOSS projects in the past. Desire to invest in USA has gone down because of Trump, and that money will partly flow to China, partly internal. On the short term, USA has incredible soft power over EU. But on the long term, not so much anymore.
  - jack_tripper 11mo ago
    > Is up a lot, yes. THen there's no trickle down happening. >Desire to invest in USA has gone down because of Trump Not true. Nokia just announced closing of its Infinera Munich HQ and relocating those activities to the US.
  - unmole 11mo ago
    > Desire to invest in USA has gone down because of Trump Talk is cheap, show me the stats.
    - jack_tripper 11mo ago
      There's some city hall in France that moved away from Microsoft Office. Take THAT America!

by Fnoord 11mo ago

jack_tripper 11mo ago

>European defense industry is a goldmine right now, the sky is the limit. Care to detail? Like I'm sure defense stocks and some arms manufacturing is up, but where I live I don't see the tech jobs market being boosted by defense spending.

Fnoord 11mo ago
Is up a lot, yes. It all goes slowww. But it is moving forward. You would need a tough screening regardless. Defense is very picky about their contractors. But I can give a hint where the money comes from: 3,5% of BBP has to be for defense, and 1,5% for infra for defense. Many countries were at about 2% before (getting a bit higher due to geopolitical changes early 2022). Also, think of funding for European tech companies. Governments are getting rid of Microsoft 365 in favor of Nextcloud. Especially Opencloud (Nextcloud, also European, formerly known as nextcloud-go) and Opendesk. It goes slow, partly because of regulations and each country goes for their own local contractor (an expert who speaks the native language). The victim is going to be our health care system, and general social security system. Because we were able to afford this thanks to NATO, and NATO is now a paper tiger. We're also not known for our VC culture, but here goes: https://www.cursor.tue.nl/nieuws/2025/november/week-4/surf-zoekt-proefkonijnen-voor-alternatief-microsoft https://www.cursor.tue.nl/nieuws/2025/november/week-4/surf-z... SURF has financed many FOSS projects in the past. Desire to invest in USA has gone down because of Trump, and that money will partly flow to China, partly internal. On the short term, USA has incredible soft power over EU. But on the long term, not so much anymore.
- jack_tripper 11mo ago
  > Is up a lot, yes. THen there's no trickle down happening. >Desire to invest in USA has gone down because of Trump Not true. Nokia just announced closing of its Infinera Munich HQ and relocating those activities to the US.
- unmole 11mo ago
  > Desire to invest in USA has gone down because of Trump Talk is cheap, show me the stats.
  - jack_tripper 11mo ago
    There's some city hall in France that moved away from Microsoft Office. Take THAT America!