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Which policies can make people use Mistral, or use the European hyperscaler that doesn’t have locations all over the world for endpoints? Subsidies and government agencies.
Policies will give you some digital companies but not the independence that you want. Europe is not big enough to beat the network effects of the world. There are two graphic card companies, and the Chinese one. There is no place for Europe.
I am not saying that you should abandon your goal. You are just waisting years if you think that policies are enough.
Policies.
Policies.
Given that Europe, I repeat myself again, is the second largest economy in the world, it definitely is big enough.
Which policies can make people use Mistral, or use the European hyperscaler that doesn’t have locations all over the world for endpoints? Subsidies and government agencies.
Policies will give you some digital companies but not the independence that you want. Europe is not big enough to beat the network effects of the world. There are two graphic card companies, and the Chinese one. There is no place for Europe.
I am not saying that you should abandon your goal. You are just waisting years if you think that policies are enough.
I never said that.
Your answer to problems is policies.
The answer to your objections is policies. That does not mean at all that we should rely on policies alone to achieve independence.
Then which problems cannot be solved with policies? I think my objections are already part of those problems.
The point is: policies alone are not enough to achieve independence, but can be a tool to address your objections.
Address, but not solve. Turning this into an endless struggle is good for the hegemons, but not for Europe.
Elaborate.