The sheer ignorance of some tech "journalists" INFURIATES me.
Today the NYTimes featured on its homepage an article about how "The Netherlands blocked a U.S. company from buying a Dutch firm that handles its national ID system."
🔗: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/technology/solvinity-kyndryl-blocked-deal-us-europe-rift.html
So far, so good.
But the journalist behind the article wrote in the comments section:
"More and more, countries in Europe want to disentangle themselves from American tech. What's less clear is what exactly they can replace it with."
EXCUSE ME ADAM SATARIANO, THERE IS A GALAXY OF EXCELLENT FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT MANY EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS ARE ALREADY USING.... OR EVEN BUILDING AT THE MOMENT.
Maybe I should have gone into journalism after all #lesigh
#rants
Today the NYTimes featured on its homepage an article about how "The Netherlands blocked a U.S. company from buying a Dutch firm that handles its national ID system."
🔗: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/technology/solvinity-kyndryl-blocked-deal-us-europe-rift.html
So far, so good.
But the journalist behind the article wrote in the comments section:
"More and more, countries in Europe want to disentangle themselves from American tech. What's less clear is what exactly they can replace it with."
EXCUSE ME ADAM SATARIANO, THERE IS A GALAXY OF EXCELLENT FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT MANY EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS ARE ALREADY USING.... OR EVEN BUILDING AT THE MOMENT.
Maybe I should have gone into journalism after all #lesigh
#rants