Spose a 'tech czar' who does know what the hell he's doing could be dangerous in the right circumstances.
Freshly uploaded EU digi-Czar is CLUELESS ON TECH but it's no big deal, says Steelie Neelie
It doesn’t matter that the incoming EU Commissioner for all things digital doesn’t really understand technology, so says Europe's current digi commish Neelie Kroes. Günther H.* Oettinger, the man set to take over Steelie Neelie's role in November, is not renowned for being particularly up on Web2.0, with a marked lack of …
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Sunday 21st September 2014 15:53 GMT Anonymous Coward
I look forward to the British having the opportunity to vote YES on withdrawing from the EU
Fingers-crossed the percentages will be the reverse of those witnessed for the Scottish referendum.
One layer of useless, bureaucratic, fat-cat career politicians is the absolute limit that any populace should have to bear.
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Monday 22nd September 2014 09:34 GMT Alister
It seems I may be misunderstanding, but "not using social media" does not necessarily equate to "doesn't know anything about technology", in fact, I would suggest the reverse is true.
One only has to look at the frequenters of this forum, most of whom are involved in IT in some way, and see how many frequently claim not to have a Facebook/Twitter>Google+ account, and not to have any desire to, either.
Maybe this means that all those commentards are technophobes, or maybe it means they know better...