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Title: Parlez-Vous Linux?

Author: Bhuta, Falguni Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: Red Herring, v3 n46 p12(1) Publication Date: Dec 11, 2006
  ISSN: 1080-076X
URL of Publication: http://www.redherring.com

French entrepreneur and advocate of open-source software, Alexandre Zapolsky, wants to challenge the dominance of proprietary software developed by American firms by developing an area similar to Silicon Valley around Paris. The initiative, which Zapolsky calls Open Source Valley, is designed to encourage the use and development of open-source software. The mayor of Paris has already agreed to associate the name of the city with open source. Zapolsky's initiative comes shortly after a major deal between the French open-source software firms of LINAGORA and Bull, together with Capgemini, a leading consultant. The agreement created the largest open-source contract in the history of France's community. It calls for the implementation of open-source systems in the Ministry of France. Zapolsky, chief executive officer of LINAGORA, wants to bring together open-source firms and universities to raise the use of free software in the country and to create jobs. Sixty percent of French open-source companies already exist in the area around Paris, and in under a period of five years, these firms have created 6,000 new jobs in France. The government of the country welcomes open-source software and works to avoid the use of proprietary systems.

Companies:
Bull Capgemini SA
LINAGORA

Products:
Linux

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