Denmark’s race for becoming an IT-nation
In the at least 10+ last years, the Danish government has talked about how Denmark should focus on being a knowledge intensive country instead of a production intensive country as most of the unskilled jobs have gone to countries that provide cheap labor. One of knowledge intensive areas that we should especially focus on (according to the government) is IT.
But what is IT? Does the government want to promote software companies, web startups? If so, then it shouldn’t put the money into university research, but more so on bettering the conditions for competing with e.g. US software companies. The conditions for starting an IT company in Denmark needs improvement!
Instead of trying to create projects that aren’t based on market needs and reality in general, the Danish government should let the market forces run it’s own race but in a faster pace than now. Lower the taxes on IT-startups, provide subsidiaries for IT-startups. Do something! Just don’t go down that old bumpy road of letting governmental institutions take the responsibility of Denmark’s IT future… it hasn’t proved effecient in the past and it won’t now.
March 3rd, 2006 at 1:00 pm
[...] I have blogged earlier about what I thought Denmark should do in order to achieve its pronounced goal of becoming a leading IT-nation – or maintaining that role. [...]