French government blocks DailyMotion acquisitionzdnet.com 1 pointnotphilatall13 years ago2 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−chaetodon13yI guess that France is of the opinion that from a French perspective it is better to let Dailymotion grow and develop the European IT scene further, than to be opportunistic and do another sell-out to an US company.−notphilatallOP13yThis seems quite backward - if France wants startups to succeed, why would they block a majority buy-out for nationalistic purposes?
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I guess that France is of the opinion that from a French perspective it is better to let Dailymotion grow and develop the European IT scene further, than to be opportunistic and do another sell-out to an US company.
This seems quite backward - if France wants startups to succeed, why would they block a majority buy-out for nationalistic purposes?