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Got it, good old protectionism. I noticed Springer in the article, no surprise there. Just looking out for my best interests and giving me choice by restrictin
by VMG 12y ago
Got it, good old protectionism. I noticed Springer in the article, no surprise there.
Just looking out for my best interests and giving me choice by restricting what products companies can offer.
- kghose 12y agoThe only person who caught on to protectionism, and yet, so many down votes. My one insignificant upvote to you sir or madam.
- VMG 12y agoTo be fair, I'm partially being downvoted for my sharp tone.
- justincormack 12y agoWell the EU do not consider for example creating the GSM standard to be "protectionist" but a great success in setting standards that created a reasonably non fragmented industry that was world class.
- mike_hearn 12y agoGSM was not created by European governments though. It was created by ETSI which is independent. And newer standards are international collaborations: as is so often the case as technology gets more complicated, it ends up being a creation of humanity rather than one geographical region vs another.
- justincormack 12y agoETSI is part of the EU mechansims, as the telecom standards body, and the EU decided to mandate a shared standard.