Cc: Ann Barcomb via http://ann.barcomb.org/cgi/contact.cgi Hi, If French data is any use, she may try to contact Jean-Paul Smets <jp@nexedi.com>. He has a thriving business, strictly free software, with open cloud computing too, based on free software developed internationally by his company Nexedi. http://www.nexedi.com/ Most of the site is still in French, but he speaks fluent English or Japanese. There are many other free software business in France, including some corporate consortia. * Ben Tilly <btilly@gmail.com> note le 30-07-09 : > A friend of mine is doing a master's thesis on free software > businesses and is looking for people to interview. I've known her > from the Perl community for close to a decade. Even though this list > is somewhat dead, I know there are a lot of people signed up here who > could provide her with useful material. If you're interested, you can > sign up at http://ann.barcomb.org/. > > Cheers, > Ben -- Après la bulle Internet, la bulle financière ... Et bientôt la bulle des brevets http://www.strategie.gouv.fr/revue/IMG/pdf/article_HS7RL2.pdf http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-kahin/the-patent-bubble_b_129232.html la gestion des catastrophes comme principe de gouvernement Bernard.Lang@inria.fr ,_ /\o \o/ Tel +33 1 3963 5644 http://bat8.inria.fr/~lang/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fax +33 1 3963 5469 INRIA / B.P. 105 / 78153 Le Chesnay CEDEX / France Je n'exprime que mon opinion - I express only my opinion