How can a novel like The Royal Way, written by Malraux, help to buoy your spirits while you are writing about open source software? Perhaps it is the non-conformist spirit of the two protagonists in the book, or the fact that they dedicated their lives to an adventure, one which took them on an ancient route dotted with Khmer temples buried under thick vegetation? Or maybe it is the pleasure at discovering a book which, thanks to its e
About 10 years ago, a century in IT terms, we watched France from on high as the country clung to the good ship minitel, incapable of seeing the Internet wave that would rapidly relegate that technology to museum status. After all, weren't we in Quebec enjoying a world-class role in the digital imaging and video game fields (remember Softimage) ? Hadn't Quebec Inc managed to produce major IT organizations (CGI, DRM, LGS, etc) in the style of the major engineering firms associated with the construction of the hydroelectric dams? Hadn't the Quebec government