* Lars Noodin <larsnoo...@openoffice.org> [2009-03-31 10:28]: > 2) Bank transfer reputation - the banks have a reputation for being > difficult about European inter-state transfers. That includes tacking > on charges and fees even when their own rules state otherwise. Delays > and lost payments are not rare enough.
this is getting OT, but: We (my company) do a lot of intra-EU business. From the issues you mention all we have seen in the last 10 years is the charges one. And that hasn't happen in a long time either, so there seems to be a lot of progress. And there's always paypal and similiar services. > 3) FTP and HTTP are established - Computers were common at least in the > US, prior to the WWW, so physical media are seen as a 'normal' way to > transfer data. e.g. CDs, reels of tape, disks, etc. In contrast, > Europe, at least the parts I've seen, got computers *after* the WWW, so > that FTP and HTTP appear to be accepted as the 'normal' way to transfer > data. In only a few places in Europe have I been able to walk into a > shop and buy *any* kind of FOSS system. In nearly all other places, I > could not get the shops to even make a custom order, even when talking > to the manager(s) and offering to pay in advance. So, from my > observation, the tradition or practice is not there -- at least for > purely technical considerations. that is definately very different in germany. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
