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Erlich_Bachman
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Proton Technologies awarded €2M from the EU
Microsoft Windows is surely useful. It doesn't mean that we want taxpayer money to subsidize it.
matthewmacleod
on March 9, 2019
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I would point out though that this specific grant is made under the SME Instrument, specifically focused at helping SMEs bring new products to market.
rat9988
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If microsoft went bankrupt, we surely would want to support windows in some way.
forty
on March 9, 2019
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Well the only way I would support it would be to purchase the code and make it open source :)
Erlich_Bachman
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If Windows would then become free (as it is paid for by the taxpayer then), and preferably open-source, then absolutely. MS is not going bankrupt any time soon though.
johnchristopher
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Why not ? Microsoft is a big company and that come with jobs and revenues that can be taxed.
gmueckl
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Well, from a European perspective the jobs and taxes are all abroad. I think that some politicians don't like that very much.
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