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Dutch cloud firm Solvinity taken over by US IT giant Kyndryl

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[โ€“] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ugh, the Netherlands should prohibit its own corporations from being taken over by US companies. Fuck this, this is state terrorism.

[โ€“] trajekolus@piefed.social 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or at least have some concept of strategic industries where this canโ€™t just happen without the government having looked into the implications. Industries like energy, arms and cloud.

[โ€“] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Even (or well, especially) China does this better.

China for example has a mandate that companies have to be headed and overseen by a state employee, independent from the company's CEOs.

What the EU must do, is to achieve full operational independence from foreign actors.

[โ€“] Natanael@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That only moves the problem around

It does, but at least they're more accountable. And honestly, having full independence of the EU is critical especially in these stormy times!

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kyndryl

You mean IBM.

And now solvinity is at risk of CLOUDACT data leaks because it's owned by a US company.

Abandon ship!

[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 1 day ago

And don't forget Kubrik and Clark.