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Re:Floorp – a customisable Firefox fork from Japan by eloisant on Monday October 02, 2023 @05:54AM (#37736065)
Not in software.

Most successful French startups move their HQ to US as soon as they can and claim they're a US company.

"Made in France" software is a shame and if you're targetting the global market (not just the French domestic market) no founder wants to advertise that.

Which is a shame because we have a lot of talented engineers in France, it's just that the biggest French software companies are frauds.

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Re:Floorp – a customisable Firefox fork from Japan by gwervc on Monday October 02, 2023 @10:34AM (#37738678)
> Most successful French startups move their HQ to US as soon as they can

I'm pretty sure it is more a question of astonishing level of taxation and the difficulty to rise capital than national pride.

> "Made in France" software is a shame

Any source to back this? I've never read or heard anywhere that a piece of software sucks because it was made in France. I'm pretty sure most people don't care, and those who do (Frenchmen) take it positively.

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