French government to sell control of France Tlcom

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France Tlcom first-half revenue rises as
profit slides

France Tlcom first-half revenue rises as
profit slides 07/28/2004 06:10 AM
Computer Weekly Jul 28 2004 10:15AM GMT

Quebec is more French than France

Quebec is more French than France 07/23/2004 06:14 PM

Quebec City, despite its proximity to the U.S. and confederation with Anglophone Canada, is in many ways more authentically French than France.  Our global village of cheap jet transport and liberal immigration policies has resulted in many of the world's cities drawing their inhabitants from whatever countries are most populous and/or whichever countries have the most poverty, crime, and government oppression.  This results in enough similarity of one big city to another that some folks don't bother traveling anymore.

Quebec, by contrast, has stubbornly resisted immigration for centuries.  After the British took over in 1760 they tried desperately to get English speakers to move here to dilute the French language, culture, and loyalty.  In the 19th-century the Quebecois themselves began leaving for various New England states in which high-paying mill jobs were to be had.  Instead of the hoped-for immigration this was an outflow of roughly 1 million people.  Today Canada brings in nearly 250,000 immigrants per year but most of them want to go to Toronto, Vancouver, and other English-speaking cities.  Quebec, with 24 percent of Canada's population, is the choice of only 15 percent of immigrants and most go to Montreal where it is possible to get by with only English (Montreal was where Ah med Ressam started his life in the New World).  Some combination of cold weather, a persistently moribund economy (they've tried everything here:  big government, small government, agriculture, heavy industry, high tech, etc.), and the terror of having to learn French keeps folks from wanting to pile into Quebec City and, to an even larger extent, the small Francophone towns of Quebec.

All of the folks who work basic service jobs seem to be native-born Quebecois.  Any signs in English are directed at tourists.McDonald's has a section "reserved for smokers".  Can this island of pure French culture survive?  A schoolteacher told me "I know that the day will come when I can't speak French here anymore." At the inception of the language wars in the 18th-century the French language was holding its own quite nicely in the worlds of literature, science, and day-to-day use.  Today, however, the results of England imperialism have spread the English language far beyond what could have been foreseen 250 years ago.  The huge number of countries and people that use Spanish and Chinese have further reduced the French language to obscurity.

The French Connection: Apple France
Improves

The French Connection: Apple France
Improves 06/03/2004 09:10 AM
Apple France, which is Apple's third-largest market globally, has made major gains in unit growth, although its market share still lags. By Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac (via MyAppleMenu)

Tiscali to sell Internet provider in
France

Tiscali to sell Internet provider in
France 03/25/2005 01:20 AM
International Herald Tribune Mar 25 2005 4:47AM GMT

France Says It Does Not Support US Plans
For International Sanctions On Sudan If
Violence Continues In Darfur (The French
Are So Vile)

France Says It Does Not Support US Plans
For International Sanctions On Sudan If
Violence Continues In Darfur (The French
Are So Vile) 07/09/2004 04:52 AM
forced famine and ethnic cleansing .. murderous regime it didn't like? .. on

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Want to sell e-Government IT? You'll
need e-GIF Accreditation soon

Want to sell e-Government IT? You'll
need e-GIF Accreditation soon 05/13/2004 08:13 AM
PublicTechnology.net May 13 2004 11:43AM GMT

French government looking at Microsoft
alternatives to save a few Euros

French government looking at Microsoft
alternatives to save a few Euros 06/18/2004 12:57 PM
France has announced that it will consider open source alternatives to Microsoft in future purchasing decisions as an attempt to bring down costs. Is Microsoft starting to see real competition, at least in Europe?

Mandrakesoft wins French government
server deal

Mandrakesoft wins French government
server deal 07/09/2004 05:03 PM
The French Ministry of Equipment plans to move 1,500 servers from Windows NT to Mandrakelinux Linux Corporate Server by next year.

French government to test open-source on
the desktop

French government to test open-source on
the desktop 02/11/2004 05:52 PM
Introducing open-source software will give the government experience in managing competing suppliers and will help it evaluate the interoperability and life-cycle costs of different systems, a French official said.

French government to test open source on
the desktop

French government to test open source on
the desktop 02/11/2004 08:17 PM
PARIS - The French government will install open source software on the desktop as part of Project ADELE, a plan to computerize much of the country's administration by 2007, a government official said Wednesday.

"the government pay for families who
might want to bring home from France the
remains of Americans"

"the government pay for families who
might want to bring home from France the
remains of Americans" 03/14/2003 02:16 PM

"Depressed French wine producers bomb
Government offices"

"Depressed French wine producers bomb
Government offices" 04/06/2005 03:08 AM

Online music woes: I'd sell my soul for
total control

Online music woes: I'd sell my soul for
total control 09/03/2004 06:18 AM
Staronline.com - Fri Sep 3, 09:43 am GMT

A US government out of control

A US government out of control 05/21/2004 11:38 AM
Given the gravity of the global war on terrorism and Iraq, you would think that the government would be willing to hire-in America's best and brightest.  No such luck.  I was talking with a senior government official this morning and he told me that while there is a huge need for high quality/experienced people, he can't hire them.  The reason is two-fold:

1. In order to qualify for any senior job in the government you need a current security clearance.
2. He can't interview or reject people hired by contractors that meet the very basic requirements of the job (ie. the most restrictive of which is a security clearance). 

The result is that low-quality internal candidates are being pushed up through the US defense establishment to levels of responsibility that exceed their capabilities only due to the fact that they have a current security clearance. You can't fight a war of this magniture with a half-assed effort like this.  This is one of those classic historical warning signs that a system of governance is poised for collapse.  This goes a long way to explaining 9/11, Abu Ghraib, and the other major SNAFUs we have been experiencing.  Expect much more of this in the future.

Federal government classifies french
fries as fresh veggies: South Florida
Sun-Sentinel

Federal government classifies french
fries as fresh veggies: South Florida
Sun-Sentinel 06/16/2004 03:59 AM
Federal government classifies french fries as fresh veggies .. tribute to Reagan .. Read article

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Government Seeks Control of Pilot Fund

Government Seeks Control of Pilot Fund 12/30/2004 11:19 PM
The government moved to take over the pension fund for United Airlines' pilots, a step to prevent the airline from exploiting the federal pension-insurance program.

France to retain majority share in
France Telecom despite Wanadoo merger
(AFP)

France to retain majority share in
France Telecom despite Wanadoo merger
(AFP) 04/29/2004 10:32 AM
AFP - France will own 52.5 percent of France Telecom after the telecommunications operator merges with its Wanadoo Internet unit on the basis of new shares being issued under the deal, chief executive Thierry Breton said.

"French investigators questioned seven
men pointed out by U.S. intelligence but
found no evidence they planned to use a
Los Angeles-bound jet to launch terror
attacks against the United States,
French authorities said Thursday"

"French investigators questioned seven
men pointed out by U.S. intelligence but
found no evidence they planned to use a
Los Angeles-bound jet to launch terror
attacks against the United States,
French authorities said Thursday" 12/26/2003 09:03 PM

Photonics Control Announces Optical
Control Breakthrough

Photonics Control Announces Optical
Control Breakthrough 06/26/2004 02:40 AM
Intelligent Photonics Control Corp. (Photonics Control), the world leader in providing embedded control solutions for optical devices, announced today that it has reached a significant milestone. The Company has integrated its solutions into 50 different customer platforms including Optical Amplifiers, VMUXes, OPMs, DGEs, and Tunable Lasers. [PRWEB Jun 26, 2004]

You Control: iTunes puts control in OS X
menu bar (MacCentral)

You Control: iTunes puts control in OS X
menu bar (MacCentral) 08/31/2004 07:26 PM
MacCentral - You Software Inc. announced on Tuesday the availability of You Control: iTunes, a free download that places iTunes controls in the Mac OS X menu bar. Without leaving the current application, you can pause, play, rewind or skip songs, as well as control iTunes' volume and even browse your entire music library by album, artist or genre. Each time a new song plays, You Control: iTunes also pops up a window that displays the artist and song name and the album artwork, if it's in the library. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.2.6 and 10MB free hard drive space. ...

You Control: iTunes puts control in OS X
menu bar

You Control: iTunes puts control in OS X
menu bar 08/31/2004 01:50 PM
You Software Inc. announced on Tuesday the availability of You Control: iTunes, a free download that places iTunes controls in the Mac OS X menu bar. Without leaving the current application, you can pause, play, rewind or skip songs, as well as control iTunes' volume and even browse your entire music library by album, artist or genre. Each time a new song plays, You Control: iTunes also pops up a window that displays the artist and song name and the album artwork, if it's in the library. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.2.6 and 10MB free hard drive space.

Dubai School of Government launches
first Executive Education Program on
E-Government Leadership

Dubai School of Government launches
first Executive Education Program on
E-Government Leadership 02/07/2005 01:08 AM
AME Info Feb 6 2005 9:47AM GMT

Government of Egypt hosts Microsoft's
Government Leadership Forum for the
region

Government of Egypt hosts Microsoft's
Government Leadership Forum for the
region 01/25/2004 01:52 AM
AME Info Jan 25 2004 5:33AM GMT

74% of government services e-enabled
says Cabinet Office e-Government Unit

74% of government services e-enabled
says Cabinet Office e-Government Unit 08/05/2004 08:47 AM
PublicTechnology.net Aug 5 2004 1:01PM GMT

InformationWeek > E-Government >
Canada Is Still No. 1 In E-Government
Rankings > May 6, 2004

InformationWeek > E-Government >
Canada Is Still No. 1 In E-Government
Rankings > May 6, 2004 05/09/2004 12:19 AM
Canada Is Still No. 1 In E-GovernmentRanking

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Mozambique government successfully
implements e-Government pilot

Mozambique government successfully
implements e-Government pilot 06/22/2005 02:08 AM
Africa Leader Jun 21 2005 8:33PM GMT

Linux in Government: The Government Open
Code Collaborative

Linux in Government: The Government Open
Code Collaborative 12/19/2004 03:17 PM
Can a 'gated Open Source community' really work?

"After coming back from a critical legal
conference, I find that the US
government are going back to spying on
people who disagree with government
policy"

"After coming back from a critical legal
conference, I find that the US
government are going back to spying on
people who disagree with government
policy" 02/10/2004 02:52 AM

30% of all government transactions are
e-government in Canada

30% of all government transactions are
e-government in Canada 04/05/2005 02:19 AM
ZDNet Apr 5 2005 4:39AM GMT

To control or not to control, that is
the question

To control or not to control, that is
the question 06/28/2004 04:51 AM
The application vendors should do a better job of standardizing default storage locations and names (even as aliases) while still letting users override those choices and pick their own storage metaphor. This isn't nuclear physics - everyone has experience organizing their "stuff" (socks, bills, books, DVDs) so why not a) let them do it and b) use familiar metaphors for it?

E-government - Electronic Government

E-government - Electronic Government 02/16/2004 05:46 AM
EurActiv.com Feb 16 2004 8:36AM GMT

What France really wants

What France really wants 03/16/2003 06:03 AM
What France really wants .. unilateral superpower .. cultural orthodoxy

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Egg gets out of France

Egg gets out of France 07/13/2004 03:18 AM
The internet bank says it is withdrawing from the French market to make it a more attractive target for potential suitors.

France

France 08/31/2004 04:53 PM
Alain Finkielkraut's reflecti ons on French Anti-Semitism.

Soon to be even more French

Soon to be even more French 04/04/2005 08:32 AM
That thumbnail to the right is a photo of my new (er, I should say nouveau) carte d'etudiant! That's right, it's back to school for me, and starting tomorrow I will begin to study French formally so that I'll no longer have to stammer sentences like, "I look for a phone card not to put in the phone but to press the numbers on the phone to use" or "the moon, like the moon and the earth and the plane -- the Space Shuttle -- that goes there, to the space." Of course, the idea of actually speaking French properly, rather than concocting it through an assemblage of words and the application of Spanish grammar rules, saddens me a bit. I rather enjoyed walking into the pharmacy this morning (to combat my Camilla hair) with my request, "I look for the thing for the hair whose name I do not know, but it is like this," whereupon I slide two fingers into my hair to mimic a bobby pin holding it in place, "and it is not called barrette." I triumphed again! The monsieur directed me to the magasin Claire, an accessories store, where I purchased said chose.

TypePad France

TypePad France 04/26/2004 03:45 PM
We're pleased to announce the launch of TypePad France. Thanks to the Ublog team (our exclusive agents in Europe) for...

PHPNUKE FRANCE

PHPNUKE FRANCE 09/04/2004 06:26 AM
PHPNUKE 7.3.1 FR

Wild France

Wild France 07/16/2004 08:21 AM
Corsican food gets its unmistakable character from the sprawling scrub called the maquis.

"made in France"

"made in France" 10/29/2003 03:28 AM

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