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Irony flagged at German digital sovereignty conference
Original: Btw I found it beyond ironic that @ zendis 's booth - aka the German Center for Digital Sovereignty, who is in charge of
Attendees at SCCON26, a German conference on digital sovereignty, have noted that Zendis, the German Center for Digital Sovereignty responsible for building sovereign alternatives like OpenDesk and OpenCode, had its exhibition booth placed directly beside a large Mastercard area. The juxtaposition of a state-backed sovereignty initiative next to a major US payments corporation is being called ironic by open source advocates at the event.
Why now: The booth placement struck conference-goers as ironic given the centre's mission of reducing dependence on large foreign corporations.
ZendisGerman Center for Digital SovereigntyMastercardSCCON26OpenDesk
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