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That's Why I'd Better Move To The US, Episode One

Reuters, Thu Jan 29, 2009: "EDF, GDF Suez get OK for French EPR nuclear site"

This new EPR nuclear plant is said to cost 4 billion euros, which we French citizens know it will turn to be at least 6 billion by the completion of the project.

4 billion euros, 2,000 jobs during the construction, 300 "stable" jobs after : what a waste of money, whilst Green Tech and Renewable Energies are known to create 10 to 15 times more jobs for the same amount of investment... Jobs that are local and long-term, by the way. See Navarra, for one.

The best with this sad news: A member of the French Communist Party, the mayor of the largest city next to the village which will host the new nuclear plant says the decision is a good thing for the region, as it will compensate the losses in the Automotive industry - read here (link in french).

That is typical french: most of the people here, from bottom to top, don't think further than the tip of their own nose. I wish I were born American.

post-scriptum: 4 billions euros represents 100,000 kilometers of 72-fibers aerial cables which could be deployed along Mid/Low-Voltage power lines in the country, to deliver Ultra-Broadband Everywhere to Everyone. Chose your camp, Buddy...

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Photo credit: Alfredo-9

Quote Of The Day [09.3]

"We don't need help. We are not invalids. We don't have limited mental capacity."

Russian Prime Minister and former President Vladimir Putin, to Michael Dell offering his help to expand IT in Russia (at the official opening ceremony of the WEF World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland).

Source: CNNMoney.com here. Video available here.

Quote Of The Day [09.2]

"Will somebody pleeease whip up a photoshopped 'MacBook touch' or something?!"

MacDailyNews' team, on one of the too many articles on who you know.

The iPhone Generation

Read this. Ethan Nicolas, Rock star at Sun Microsystems, is to quit his job to become full-time developer of applications for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Simply because the first app he ever developed for the Apple' platform is now #1 Top Paid Application in the App Store. At $2.99 the download.

Changing the World, you said ?...

Quote Of The Day [09.1]

"Own your Zip code. The next frontier is local, and this is a great way to start."
Seth Godin.

That's Why I'd Better Join Orange, Reason #1

French incumbent France Telecom-Orange is entering the age of Smart Moves, thanks to its CEO Didier Lombard. See this announcement.
Remember the late 90s ? France Telecom was leading the Global One consortium. Now they're going global, as one.

Thanks to Jean-Michel Planche for the heads-up. You can follow Jean-Michel on Twitter here.

That's Why I'd Better Move To The US, Prologue

This guy is supposed to become the next Secretary of State at the French Government, in charge of Broadband, Internet, and all that stupid stuff that makes our daily lives, us of the "bottom layer". See by yourself what we, entrepreneurs and developers of all kind, will face. Scary, huh ?...

Just This [01-09] & Best Wishes

This picture is for all of you entrepreneurs of all sort. *

* hint: "Goudurix" = "Goût du risque". "Avoir le goût du risque" : to be a risk taker.