More on the #EuroStack, from @robin "The urgent question is whether the bloc’s leaders will back these words up with deeds — and if they have the will to use medicine strong enough for what ails us."
https://www.politico.eu/article/digital-sovereignty-us-brussels-belgium-trade-talks-tech/
(imho most of the Big Tech villainy in the EU could be put an end to by enforcing existing laws and regs at reasonable speed.)
Die Vision vom #EuroStack: Rettende Blaupause für Europas digitale Zukunft oder eine geschickt vermarktete Idee ohne Umsetzungschancen? Ein Hintergrund für den #Deutschlandfunk von Brüssel-Korrespondentin Annabell Brockhues und mir. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-eurostack-idee-europas-traum-von-der-digitalen-souveraenitaet-100.html #DigitaleSouveränität
There’s an old rot in the heart of European tech policy – and it’s not just from the corporate lobbies. Composting the EU Tech Mess: From #NLnet to #Eurostack hamishcampbell.com/composting-t...
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There’s an old rot in the heart of European tech policy – and it’s not just from the corporate lobbies. Composting the EU Tech Mess: From #NLnet to #Eurostack https://hamishcampbell.com/composting-the-eu-tech-mess-from-nlnet-to-eurostack/
Composting the EU Tech Mess: From #NLnet to #Eurostack
There’s an old rot in the heart of European tech policy – and it’s not just from the corporate lobbies. It’s also sprouting from the well-funded, #NGO-flavoured corners of what should have been grassroots. A contradiction that tells us everything we need to know about how broken the current #EU #mainstreaming crew and paths are.
Take #Eurostack for example, on paper, it looks decent: a collaborative push toward European digital sovereignty, resilience, and open-source infrastructure. […]
https://hamishcampbell.com/composting-the-eu-tech-mess-from-nlnet-to-eurostack/
There are to meany blinded #deathcult 's in the #EU mainstreaming that currently it more mess to compost https://eurostack.eu/
#eurostack is not a bad idea, but the people who will eat it are too corrupt to have any outcome.
"The most immediate goal has to be to build European cloud alternatives and create bundles of software on top, that offer attractive functionalities."
EU institutions do not have industrial policy in their DNA, and yet industrial policy is what #Eurostack needs (and not only Eurostack, as per the Draghi report). Curious to see if Jean Monnet's prophecy comes true once again, and @EUCommission comes through.
Great blog about EuroStack, we need to BUILD !
"We need to think about this first and foremost as an industrial project. With some public support but one where “industry” (the supply side) needs to be given the incentive to build, and the opportunity to scale and expand. We don’t need more “events” and pensive stuff about “our European values” and “democracy” around digital sovereignty. Industry should do its thing, or nothing will happen. Wake up."
https://cristinacaffarra.blog/2025/06/26/european-digital-sovereignty-is-an-industrial-project-everyone-else-get-out-of-the-way/
#EuroStack #EU
I'm reading the #eurostack policy study, "Time to Build a European Digital Ecosystem," from Dec 2024.
First thing that stands out: The study is presented (1) as an embedded (and downloadable) PDF, (2) with a TOC that lacks hyperlinks, and (3) extensive footnotes lacking backlinks to their occurrence in the main text, and I'm feeling like this is an allegory for something.
Folks, there are lessons to be taken from Silicon Valley, regardless how we feel about them now. Regardless of monopolistic intentions, friction elimination in pursuit of one's goal is critical. There is a lot of good stuff in this proposal. But if I have to leave my browser, or worse yet, look through a tiny viewport embedded in my browser to get at the information, you have already lost me.
Fewer headshots and more forward motion, please.
https://eurostack.eu/time-to-build-a-european-digital-ecosystem/
I will block anyone who posts about #Eurostack without posting an actual stack.
Here's a basic (not comprehensive) template to get you started:
Operating System:
System Configuration:
Container Runtime:
Hypervisor:
Workload Orchestration:
Workflow/task engine:
Intrusion detection:
Intrusion prevention:
Sql solution:
NoSql Solution:
KeyValue Store:
Object Storage:
Block Storage:
Reverse Proxy:
Secrets/Password Management:
IAM/RBAC:
OIDC provider:
Backup Solution:
Vulnerability Scanning:
OCI artifact storage:
Metrics:
Logs:
Traces:
Profiling:
Dashboards:
OnCall Management:
Text chat:
Video chat:
Voice calls:
Project Management:
Change Management:
It’s genuinely thrilling for me to take part in this transatlantic dialogue. I’d say it’s well worth spending a Sunday preparing for it #DMA #AndroidAuto #EuroStack #NFC
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hx6q6rcgnenxqssjulggjdzh/post/3lsft3mmf4c2y
Must-read #Eurostack post from Cristina Caffarra: https://cristinacaffarra.blog/2025/06/26/european-digital-sovereignty-is-an-industrial-project-everyone-else-get-out-of-the-way/ "We don’t need think tanks without experience of business who never studied an investment deck creating a dust storm with “we need to set up a big public fund! Hundreds of billions! to fund everything from Brussels!”
You don't need a big project to clone every capability of US-based hyperscale clouds to build a Eurostack that's better than the incumbents---if you make buy/build decisions based on actual IT customer needs.
Wer nannte es #EuroStack und nicht #Eurobox?
Probably well known here but just to be sure. The EuroStack initiative deserves the attention it is getting. It is a complete European approach to digital sovereignty. Read all about it.
https://www.euro-stack.info/
#ict #eu #digitalsovereignty #cybersecurity #eurostack #ai #cloud #datacenters
@AngelaScholder @ErikJonker hopefully the #eurostack initiative will allow the EU a strong enough position to demand a market to exist.
Only with #interoperability and a diverse ecosystem, its possible to beat the winner-takes-all mentality from silicon valley.
(I may be preaching to the choir with this one)
„We‘ve grown reliant on Imperial tech, and we’ve made ourselves vulnerable.”
Andor, Season 1, episode 5
Just became a member of @Codeberg! Supporting digital sovereignty and ethical open source beyond Big Tech.
Codeberg is a nonprofit, community-driven GitHub alternative based in Europe. It‘s IMO a foundation for a future “Eurostack” enabling a more democratic internet.
Important update to our #SocialMediaMatrix:
@Mastodon has now been recognised as a digital public good by the #UN Initiative @dpgalliance as the only #SocialMedia. Congratulations! 🎉
Now as a criterion under »Communication: Strategic aspects « in our #SocialMediaMatrix:
https://social-media-matrix.king-consult.de/index-en.html
What does this mean? #Mastodon is highly relevant to the #SDGs - important for public organisations and sustainable companies!
@bert_hubert Please keep me in mind if there is any contract work available in #EuroStack initiatives.
Anyone here involved in the #EuroStack initiative? I worked for nine years for a company that used AWS and Azure and I'd love the opportunity to help create something not so dependent on US tech companies. (I'm based in the Netherlands.)
