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Re:France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Tea... by luke5441 on Monday January 26, 2026 @05:52PM (#46772796)
Not only software. Think back to who supplied the vaccines during COVID.
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Re:France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Tea... by mgaunard on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:29PM (#46773213)
The British and the Russians also had a COVID vaccine (and much cheaper), and the French cancelled theirs because they realized it would come too late to be competitive.

So if they were restricted to some reason to use their own only, they would be fine.

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Re:France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Tea... by andy_ppp on Monday January 26, 2026 @10:44PM (#46775256)
The technology and vaccine design comes from BioNTech, a German company. Pfizer did the phase 2/3 clinical trials, worldwide regulatory expertise and manufacturing outside of Germany.
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