__/ [ B Gruff ] on Monday 12 March 2007 23:58 \__
> On Monday 12 March 2007 23:21 [H]omer wrote:
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that B Gruff spake thusly:
>>> Strange place, France.
>>>
>>> Strange political system....
>>>
>>> Briefly, people get a vote, they vote for whoever they wish to represent
>>> them, and then collectively those representative govern the country.
>>>
>>> Yep - you read that right. Those people can actually tell Companies what
>>> to
>>> do, and they do it! Imagine that! Very strange to those of you who are
>>> perhaps more accustomed to the Companies telling the Government what to
>>> do, and the Government doing it....
>>>
>>> Anyways, if you can imagine this strange set up, it's not too difficult
>>> to see who owns The Most Powerful PCs in France - they are of course the
>>> PCs owned/used by those representatives.
>>>
>>> As of June, they will all have new computers.
>>>
>>> Those computers will be loaded (all 1,154 of them) with Free (Libre -
>>> that's French for Free when it means "as in freedom") software, including
>>> OpenOffice, Firefox and a Free (Libre) e-mail client.
>>>
>>> The Operating System? .... Linux
>>>
>>> ....the Distribution?............ ubuntu:-)
>>>
>>> http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/814/
>>
>>
>> I wonder what the flight time is from Redmond Municipal to Charles de
>> Gaulle International.
>
> An interesting question, but from the way that the whole story has
> unfolded, and in view of the politics involved, I would have thought that
> (in this instance) it is not a trip that certain high-powered executives
> would be advised to make.
> I say this purely at the thought of how demeaning the *return* trip would
> probably be, sitting outside the aircraft astride the horizontal
> stabiliser...
> - or as some say "going home with their tail between their legs"!
The French will very much welcome the visit.
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/capt.dlm10103281515.france_job_protests_dlm101-thumb.jpg
The authority... not so much.
http://store.galleryplayer.com/Thumb/BE048068-R-4x3.jpg
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