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Re:Why Software Outsourcing Doesn't Work Anymore by mason55 on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @09:23AM (#10464253)
> especially in France. What software worth mentioning have they ever built over there?

BusinessObjects, Mandriva, Dailymotion, Archos,

Ubisoft is French, so Assassain's Creed, Drive, Far Cry, Tom Clancy series

Alcatel and Orange are French telecommunications companies that are pretty famous

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Re:Why Software Outsourcing Doesn't Work Anymore by herge on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @11:32AM (#10464986)
Assassain's Creed and Far Cry might have had some work done by the French Ubisoft HQ, but most of the work was "offshored" to the friendly same-language-speaking Montreal offices.
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Re:Why Software Outsourcing Doesn't Work Anymore by mercurial on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @05:13PM (#10467457)
OCaml, Coq. Embarrassingly, Criteo is a French company.
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Re:Why Software Outsourcing Doesn't Work Anymore by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @10:35AM (#10464666)
I thought Ubisoft was from Montreal?
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Re:Why Software Outsourcing Doesn't Work Anymore by mfoy_ on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @03:42PM (#10466815)
Ubisoft's largest development studio is in Montreal, Canada... but their headquarters is in Montreuil, France.[1]

So it's fair to say Ubisoft's products are French (from France, not the language) products.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubisoft

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Re:Why Software Outsourcing Doesn't Work Anymore by kelvin0 on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @01:52PM (#10466088)
UbiSoft == French Company (France) having offices among others situated in Montreal, Québec (Canada).In Montreal mostly French is spoken (English being a close second). The Montreal Studio of Ubi is responsible for the games you mention ...
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