Comments on: How Microsoft ‘Bought’ Nicolas Sarkozy, France, and Parts of Europe http://techrights.org/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: youtube http://techrights.org/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/comment-page-2/#comment-5849 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:16:55 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/#comment-5849 It’s very good article. Great site with very good look and perfect information.

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]]> By: Pendrive http://techrights.org/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/comment-page-2/#comment-4918 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:37:00 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/#comment-4918 It’s very good article. Great site with very good look and perfect information.

]]> By: Jeff http://techrights.org/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-4690 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:00:18 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/#comment-4690 @ Roy
I wouldn’t go as far as comparing Microsoft to Sarkozy.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-4476 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:18:47 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/#comment-4476

He owns the media (his friends own the press and also happen to be the executives of the military/weapon industry), so barely any negative article about him gets past the filter.

I guess I can understand just why him and Microsoft found commonality (or common grounds).

]]> By: Stephane Rodriguez http://techrights.org/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-4475 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:09:51 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/#comment-4475 His father, Pal Sarkozy moved off Hungria right after the end of WWII to go live in the US for a while, then went to France. Hence US will always be seen by the Sarkozy family as a better country (to live). There is more about Pal Sarkozy, from a business point of view, can be found with Google. It is also important to remind that Pal Sarkozy moved off Hungria to avoid being jailed for collaboration with the nazi regime.

PS : people here in France don’t like Sarkozy. He owns the media (his friends own the press and also happen to be the executives of the military/weapon industry), so barely any negative article about him gets past the filter.

]]> By: Roy Bixler http://techrights.org/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-4474 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:59:24 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/#comment-4474 On the light side, I found the article below on Sarkozy’s visit to New Hampshire where he yells in French at some photographers in a boat which he thought was too close.

http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/19088nich.shtml

There is also the following entry in his English Wikipedia article:

… he entered the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris
(1979-1981) but failed to graduate from it due to an insufficient
command of the English language.

So it seems he doesn’t speak good English. I wonder then, why does he admire the US? Is it philosophical, financial, both? I suppose the location was convenient to schmooze with the US President at his summer home, but he certainly wasn’t there to soak in US culture.

He seems to have a penchant for taking his vacations at the hospitality of rich businessmen. His New Hamshire visit was at the mansion of a former Microsoft executive and he flew on a private jet owned by another businessman Vincent Bolloré to his Egyptian vacation.

]]> By: Mark Mouse http://techrights.org/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-4472 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:17:27 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/12/27/microsoft-europe-influence/#comment-4472