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French Response to Google is Microsoft
efp writes "Mark Liberman posted over in the Language Log that, in considering alternatives to Google's library initiative in Europe, French President Jacques Chirac would consider a partnership with Microsoft 'since he has so many views in common with its president, Bill Gates'. This comes out of talks between the French president, the head of the French National Library and the Minister of Culture, in in part 'building an alter ego to the American project, before thinking of an eventual collaboration with Google, so as not to negotiate from a position of weakness' as they plan to digitize their cultural resources."
We get attacked by terrorists because we support Israel and interfere with the Middle East. I don't think Osama gives a rat's ass that we bash Frenchies.
Are you using Outlook 2003? Microsoft did a lot of performance work on the PST in that version, resulting in a much more robust data store that has fewer performance issues and can handle a much larger amount of data.
-Hank
I seem to recall that Chirac was on very friendly terms with Saddam Hussein, so having "views in common" with Billy seems like par for the course to me.
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France as a modern nation has surrendered twice to my knowledge, to the Prussians and Proto-Germany Northern Confederation in 1871, and to Nazi Germany in 1944 and only lost, as an Imperial entity, twice. It fought Germany from 1914 through 1918 at the cost of several hundred thousand men, and nearly 50 times the value of the contemporaneous United States if the after war defensive fortifications, still a monumental achievement now, are included. They were made in spirit with the dire hope for an end to war and failed due to political reasons as they stopped at the border with the Netherlands and Belgium. Perhaps you count the temporary defeat of Napoleon in 1813 and final defeat in 1815 and the fall of the French Empire when the English also fell after the 1938-1945 war, but that is simply foolish. As to comparisons-yes, Russia, Britain, Spain, and the United States (looking without political tint on reality) have all similarly failed.
France's defeat in WWII, of course, can be blamed more on the Americans and the Brits who basically sold themselves and France up the river with ludicrous disarmament agreements. The idiocy of the Allied Powers pushed France into this suicidal disarmament. The blame should squarely go on the shoulders of the US for refusing to join the League of Nations, and for the Allies not forcing Germany back when it rearmed the Rhineland which was, for all intents and purposes, a declaration of war upon France.
It may be difficult for Americans to understand as they stuff their faces with Freedom Fries, but the bullshit anti-French crapola they've been fed is nothing more than the ravings of historically retarded goons. Napoleon lead the French Empire to some of the most astounding military victories in the history of the human species. France managed to fight off the English for centuries before finally evicting them permanently. They've had their share of defeats, but the surrender in 1940 was written more by other hands than by their own.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
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;-). However it did nothiong to my karma! aparently no one really cares about the French (aside from maybe French people, but who cares about them anyway :-0) Hurrah! Keep up the French bashing good /. citizen (oh how i love the French, their so silly)
haha, i wouldnt worry about it. I trashed the french on a comment a few days ago -- i had a couple french people reply how they were going to have a meeting or something to address how to write an angry retort in order to punish me... which did, im still cowering in fear btw
*gets ready for more 'your an ignorant american' replies -- despite not being american*
Mike
I heart the RIAA & MPAA, im sure its mutual...