Comments on: Le Web 3 - no Irish need apply!

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:35:13 +0000

Fabrice,

it didn’t have anything to do with France. It was the conference organisers.

Loic proudly boasted of the number of countries attending the event (36) and yet put in place a voting system which only catered to 8 of them - guaranteeing to piss off 28 other countries.

I would have suggested an online poll but the wifi didn’t work either so that would have pissed off 36 of 36 countries!

By: Fabrice

Fabrice — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:23:57 +0000

Come on guys. Don’t start a war with France because Ireland was not one of the listed countries for SMS votes.

There’s probably some technical reasons for this.

And Eamonn, please explain me in what EU, Napoleon and the vickings are related with SMSConnect which is a Swiss based company ?!

Btw, the good news is that you saved 0.5â‚¬ / vote

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Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:42:02 +0000

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By: Kris Hoet

Kris Hoet — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:27:16 +0000

Might be, but I think the solution was provided by SMSconnect.com and I’m not sure if they are in any way related to Orange.

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:52:20 +0000

The other possible explanation Paul is that Orange don’t have a presence in Ireland.

By: Kris Hoet

Kris Hoet — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:05:09 +0000

Good point. I think the selection has got something to do with the number of people from each country, looking at the graph http://www.loiclemeur.com/france/ExcelCapture001.jpg that seems to be correct for at least the first 5 countries on the list (apart from the US) but after that … still it shouldn’t have been a voting for just 8 countries, when you are proud to have 36 countries present.

By: PaulSweeney

PaulSweeney — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:26:29 +0000

Should have used VoiceSage: dynamic voice surveys deliverable anywhere in the world.

By: Eamonn Fitzgerald

Eamonn Fitzgerald — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:26:49 +0000

And all that we did to help the French in ‘98! Ungrateful frogs! That would be 1798, of course, a time when Ireland was a hotbed of startup activity. And then there was the time we prayed for the success of Napolean, and he within a a puck of the ball from routing the hated English who subjected the European home of Google and Microsoft to rapine and pillage. And what about all the Wild Geese we sent to fight in the wars of France? All we get now from them is the back of the hand and Bordeaux at inflated prices. Bygob, we’re better treated today by them Vikings, who once defaced our round towers, and they the 11th wonder of the civilized world. No, Tom, you’re right. This is one more example of the EU bullying the weak and the small. But, come to think of it, we did get billions and billions from them during the last 30 ood years.

By: Branedy

Branedy — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:47:51 +0000

Let me guess all the countries are on the mainland.

BTW: does France even acknowledge countries outside of France?

By: Justin Mason

Justin Mason — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:06:15 +0000

Oh, that’s pretty naff alright. Should probably have been left out of a Europe-wide conference…