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sphtoday at 12:33 PM4 repliesview on HN

Because until literally a year ago, the country that hosted Microsoft was one of France's most trusted allies.

It takes time to find a suitable replacement to a global monopoly.


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pulse7today at 12:44 PM

It looks like the president - which was a businessman - will make a huge damage to American IT businesses. And IT stocks dominate the S&P 500, comprising roughly 1/3 of the index's total market capitalization... Good luck America!

dwedgetoday at 5:04 PM

One eu country or another has been talking about this for at least a decade. Nothing will happen this time either, or we'll get another of those things like the weird owncloud knock off that is totally developed by the EU

orochimaarutoday at 12:43 PM

Not really. I mean Trump has amped the rhetoric, but there have been no new laws passed.

The privacy threats were always there.

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gunsletoday at 1:25 PM

Gotta love anti America Reddit tier fear mongering

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