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Genevieve Fioraso, French Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, had declared just 18 months ago:

"Au regard de l'importance des enjeux, sur les plans scientifique, économique et sociétal, le gouvernement français réaffirme son soutien au principe du libre accès à l'information scientifique."

Or

"Given the high stakes - scientific, economic and societal - the French government reaffirms its support for the principle of open access to scientific information."

Reference: http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/cid66992/discou...

Shame that she didn't follow through!

"Gigantic"

-> True. I don't know if it's the biggest in the world but it is indeed gigantic.

"The best food in France [...]"

-> Bullshit. The best food in France (like, probably, anywhere else in the world) comes from small local producers.

"Where France’s Top Chefs Buy Their Food"

-> Probably only partially true. Top chefs (Michelin starred) source their products directly from small producers (see above).

"But ask most Parisians if they’ve heard of it, and they’re likely to shrug and shake their heads."

-> Total bullshit. Most Parisians know about it, and it's been featured on national TV (including popular show like Top Chef and Master Chef) times and times again.

That's terrific news.

The official word used is "coding", not "programming", which leaves a slightly bad aftertaste.

Anyway, there is already an option for the scientific students in the last year of high school, the so called "Computer and digital science" (https://www.ac-paris.fr/portail/jcms/p1_482196/option-inform...).

I find it disturbing that, as stated in the first footnote, John Conway can be listed as an author of the paper, against his approval (or despite his non-approval).

What if someone gets hurt because of this paper and Mr Conway's responsibility is engaged ?

"Who am I?

I am 46. I’ve been married for 22 years and we have 3 kids."

-> Who cares?

I pay myself in Euros.

We think Wynn's points are good points, we (the Nuxeo project) have been using similar ideas to guide our community effort.

See: http://blogs.nuxeo.com/fermigier/2011/02/top-10-reasons-for-... for more details.

"Open source is not a product. Open source is a community effort. If you don't want to use it - well, it's your problem. No one will shed a tear about it."

Bullshit. Open source or not, a product is a product. If nobody uses it, you've waisted your time (and the time of the other contributors) building it.