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Would you be interested in starting a cooperative business helping πͺπΊ European companies and organizations migrate away from βοΈβπ₯ cloud platforms from USA? Let's talk π¬ If you think someone in your network might, please boost π
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I'm super happy with all your responses. Across different fedi channels I got 25 positive answers and even more expressions of support. That's more than I expected β€οΈβπ₯ In a separate post I wrote a roadmap and will appreciate your constructive feedback. There's also a logo I quickly doodled and I plan to use as a visual identifications for our project until someone with real talent provides something better.
Thanks, but would you elaborate please? I'm not sure how to interpret your question. If by "moving out of the cloud" you mean migrating to on-premises or self hosted solutions, then sure, I don't see why not.
@tad_lispy Indeed I'm thinking of moving things from the cloud to (self) hosted solutions, or maybe just data migration in general, not just from US clouds, but anything hosted on US servers - if that distinction makes any sense...
Hi. I got the idea to make a smartphone application to scan bardodes in supermarkets, to quickly check if a product is related to the US. I know it's not very difficult to make an android app that scans barcodes, (I did a proto). You just need to connect it to an open database of EAN barcodes.
I am a phD student. I have very little time. I'm just giving away the idea.
I don't know. To start a co-op business we will certainly need diverse skills. At this stage we are just talking, so please stay in the loop if you want to.
It's not just an idea, it is a huge idea. In order to provide service you need at least a CPD placed in each continent and a medium sized SRE team. And that's the beginning.
As a goal it is interesting but it needs a lot of resources.
This sounds awesome!
I work in a small IT firm in Europe and a lot of what we offer our customers is a way to host on local hardware and get away from the American cloud.
I don't think I'll be leaving my current job, but you go!
I'm an aspiring patent lawyer but not trained in IT (although I learned coding just enough to understand some principles). Should you need any help regarding intellectual property rights, feel free to ask me anything. I'll do my best to help, as I support your cause!
However, I won't be of much help otherwise as I'm currently learning for exams and have to small kids at home.
It's a great idea. I work in an IT company and I think it's a shame that we only use American products. I'm afraid I don't have any skills to contribute to the project, but I'm interested in following the discussions!
Thanks! Of course you are welcome to just follow, but please remember that we will need all kinds of talent. You might be able to bring something we need to the table.
I'm glad to hear you like it. I guess the most important is a bit of entrepreneurship and good team work. Certainly technical skills like yours, but also marketing, sales, client relations and probably more that I can't think of yet. We will need to figure this out together. Of course not everyone has to have every skill. We will need diverse people who can support each other.
I'm in Europe, and I'm on the (VERY small scale) supply side, mostly as a hobby on the side of my day job, and I'm curious if the trend will remain in the future.
I found that most cloud-stuff is mostly run by huge corporations who can deliver dirt cheap, or by huge corporations who run their data center in an abandoned mine, so there's not much of a market segment for those of us who are interested in supplying "farm to table servers".
Why not? Of course you can! Business needs marketing and we need to meet our clients where they currently are. Promotion is important and I suck at it hard.