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After so many years of EU countries talking, how much has Microsoft's top and bottom line been affected?
by givemeethekeys 5mo ago
After so many years of EU countries talking, how much has Microsoft's top and bottom line been affected?
- nxm 5mo agoNil
- tarrant300 5mo agoSwitzerland is not in the EU. That said, if their goal is to get off US big-tech, I feel they're left with Apple for hardware and Google for software, realistically.
- lpcvoid 5mo agoWhat? There's loads of hardware vendors out there. And I'd throw in Linux over google and apple.
- londons_explore 5mo agoEven North Korea has it's own OS, network and application suite... Switzerland could totally be fully computer-independant if they wanted to be.
- sisve 5mo agoWe move slow. But the clima for change is here now, it's been brewing for a decade or so. Expect Europe to not use more money on US services the next two decade. So with inflation you will really see a significant decline. My 5 cents
- drstewart 5mo ago[flagged]
- OKRainbowKid 5mo agoDo you think your comment has any substance beyond expressing your disdain for Europe / the EU? Are you aware that Switzerland is not a member of the EU?
- drstewart 5mo agoConsidering I didn't mention the EU once, I'm quite aware of that. I like how you try shoehorn in it on your own to try gotcha me though. Not a great attempt. Are you aware of the crashing population of Europe though?
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> Are you aware of the crashing population of Europe though? The EU's population grew in 2024 [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_European_Union#Population_shifts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_European_U...
- drstewart 5mo agoI think you might be the one with trouble conflating the EU and Europe. You do know they're not the same thing, right?
- breve 5mo ago> Are you aware of the crashing population of Europe though? How many kids do you have?
- flumpcakes 5mo agoWhy do you post the same anti-EU stuff on every thread about anything remotely related to Europe?
- drstewart 5mo agoMaybe the same reason you or OP post anti-American stuff in every thread
- flumpcakes 5mo agoI quite obviously don't. Please engage in good faith.
- mohamedkoubaa 5mo agoNone of them care about Microsoft's shareholder value
- boondongle 5mo agoI'm still fascinated that Ukraine has been going on since 2014 and the EU has spent more time and air trying to go after US industries than Russian ones or Chinese. You'd think the US had actually captured Greenland. Anyway I get it - just, odd to think about. Passion accounts for a lot.
- dijit 5mo agoYou kidding? Russian anything is completely off the table in europe.. There’s no discussion because it’s hard to discuss the absolute nothing that is happening.
- boondongle 5mo agoThe Russian oil ban only occurred 8 years after the start of this. 2022. Russia had already taken European land for 8 years prior firmly backed by China. I won't even get into the Russian oil hair-pinning back to Europe via 3rd parties. Again - all this action is within 1 and change years of Trump. It's a fairly visible difference in reaction. I just find it weird, that's all.
- hyperman1 5mo agoI last saw a psychology thing on TV about people reserving theur strong reaction to the second severe transgression. Bad guys get 1 abuse for free, modulo some stern looks and grumbling. Second time, the big hit comes. The number of transgressions is a more important fact than the time or size. There is some truth to this, once you look at it. So Russia took Crimea as first abuse, and got some survivable sanctions. Then they hit Ukraine a second time. Trump, well, it is hit after hit after hit. Liberation day, ICC, threatening greenland, backstabbing Ukraine, Iran. And we're not even halfway his term, and we got proof from the last 2 Republican presidencys that this is no outlayer.
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