[tmp_anon_22]

That they tried to build their own data centers is a red flag. Not because its a bad idea, but I think you need to establish product-market fit for a software product before laying down serious hardware.

[freedomben]

You don't need to establish product-market fit when you have the coercive power of the state. after you build the product, you can mandate the fit.

[EUROCARE]

This thinking is exactly why this continent is failing in terms of technology.

[pessimizer]

You don't have to establish product market fit in order to provide services to your own institutions. It's a great idea to piggyback on your own needs to create services that could be expanded to the general public.

[tmp_anon_22]

Only if allocating resources to in-house data centers does not take away resources from the product.

If you're Google sure throw a 100 people at a project that might get pivoted or axed. It won't matter. But a Government IT initiative? They have to be more efficient.

[cyberpunk]

They maybe had 100m of ‘free’ hardware kicking around after the failure of Microsoft and Telekom’s German cloud offering…

[waych]

Agreed, but that isn't a good way to spend a lot of taxpayer money.