Comments on: Europe's contribution to the Internet http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/ A Technology and Business Weblog provided to You by a Global Group of Friends. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:29:11 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: azzam http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1942 azzam Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:54:13 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1942 A lot of the developers for the open source <a href="http://www.oscandy.com" rel="nofollow">joomla</a> CMS are from Europe. A lot of the developers for the open source joomla CMS are from Europe.

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1939 Vincent van Wylick Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:10:32 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1939 That was for Europe btw. That was for Europe btw.

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1940 Vincent van Wylick Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:10:08 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1940 "Can you think of a reason why all leading Internet companies are American and not Asian (yet) or European (yet)?" You choose: - Lack of an exit-market - Major focus of private equity on buy-outs - Bad link between research and commercialisation - Culture based on risk-aversion. “Can you think of a reason why all leading Internet companies are American and not Asian (yet) or European (yet)?”

You choose:

- Lack of an exit-market

- Major focus of private equity on buy-outs

- Bad link between research and commercialisation

- Culture based on risk-aversion.

]]> By: Martin http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1941 Martin Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:42:27 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1941 Right, and http/html standards where created in part by Sir Tim Burnes Lea (british); the first computers where created in England during the second world war; Allan Turning was the master behind the programmable computer idea; the list of European inventors and thinkers is large and extensive. What we fail to do is sell our ideas for good money. Right, and http/html standards where created in part by Sir Tim Burnes Lea (british); the first computers where created in England during the second world war; Allan Turning was the master behind the programmable computer idea; the list of European inventors and thinkers is large and extensive.

What we fail to do is sell our ideas for good money.

]]> By: Misha http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1933 Misha Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:40:40 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1933 Nice overview. It is good to know that we in europe have the chance :) Nice overview. It is good to know that we in europe have the chance :)

]]> By: Jeremy Fain http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1936 Jeremy Fain Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:13:59 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1936 - thanks for the precision about Al Gore. But didn't Cheney claim something about the Internet as well? - Weren't the Skype guys from Sweden (Zennström), Estonia (Tamkivi), and Denmark (Friis) rather? Interesting explanation about their customer acquisition cost. I had heard once that had Microsoft been founded in, say, Delaware, its market cap would be 30% higher today. So fiscal optimization may not be that bad after all... - Yep, Chappaz is French indeed and Omidyar French-Iranian. And yes again, Chappaz is a Centrale Paris alumni (although I'm unfortunately not to be a Centrale Paris alumni although I share classes with engineers, I'm just a visiting student here; my home university being graduate business school HEC Paris). Take care, and many thanks for the compliments about my blog. A pleasure to have you as a reader. Jeremy - thanks for the precision about Al Gore. But didn’t Cheney claim something about the Internet as well?

- Weren’t the Skype guys from Sweden (Zennström), Estonia (Tamkivi), and Denmark (Friis) rather? Interesting explanation about their customer acquisition cost. I had heard once that had Microsoft been founded in, say, Delaware, its market cap would be 30% higher today. So fiscal optimization may not be that bad after all…

- Yep, Chappaz is French indeed and Omidyar French-Iranian. And yes again, Chappaz is a Centrale Paris alumni (although I’m unfortunately not to be a Centrale Paris alumni although I share classes with engineers, I’m just a visiting student here; my home university being graduate business school HEC Paris).

Take care, and many thanks for the compliments about my blog. A pleasure to have you as a reader.

Jeremy

]]> By: Marc Duchesne http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1934 Marc Duchesne Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:00:29 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1934 Hi Jeremy, Nice post, as usual. Keep going ! Let me add a few things before answering to your question in a separate comment. - It's not Vice President Dick Cheney who is said to claim that he "invented the internet" but former Vice President Al Gore. Actually, the truth is that Al Gore never did such a straight statement : that's a misleading rumor posed by George W. Bush during his campaign against him. What is true is the fact that Al Gore promoted the "Information Superhigway" terminology back in the mid 90's. More on the legend of Gore inventing the Internet here : http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp - Skype has been created by Sweedish folks. The company is based in Luxemburg for some obscur reasons. Maybe the taxes system ? ;-) The explanation is in the article published by Strategy+Business in 2005 : "Messrs. Zennström and Friis, who run Skype out of Luxembourg, claim that it costs their company about a penny to acquire a customer. That compares with about $150 for Vonage, a leader in traditional VOIP." You've got it ? It's not in Sweden (nor in France, unfortunately) that they would be able to acquire a customer for such a low expenditure. - Kelkoo and eBay were founded by French entrepreneurs, respectively Pierre Chappaz and Pierre Omidyar. Those are two superb success stories "à la Française", right ? Any ' Pierre ' in your buddy list ? Hi Jeremy,

Nice post, as usual. Keep going !

Let me add a few things before answering to your question in a separate comment.

- It’s not Vice President Dick Cheney who is said to claim that he “invented the internet” but former Vice President Al Gore. Actually, the truth is that Al Gore never did such a straight statement : that’s a misleading rumor posed by George W. Bush during his campaign against him. What is true is the fact that Al Gore promoted the “Information Superhigway” terminology back in the mid 90’s. More on the legend of Gore inventing the Internet here : http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp

- Skype has been created by Sweedish folks. The company is based in Luxemburg for some obscur reasons. Maybe the taxes system ? ;-)

The explanation is in the article published by Strategy+Business in 2005 : “Messrs. Zennström and Friis, who run Skype out of Luxembourg, claim that it costs their company about a penny to acquire a customer. That compares with about $150 for Vonage, a leader in traditional VOIP.”

You’ve got it ? It’s not in Sweden (nor in France, unfortunately) that they would be able to acquire a customer for such a low expenditure.

- Kelkoo and eBay were founded by French entrepreneurs, respectively Pierre Chappaz and Pierre Omidyar. Those are two superb success stories “à la Française”, right ? Any ‘ Pierre ‘ in your buddy list ?

]]> By: Jeremy Fain http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1935 Jeremy Fain Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:39:09 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1935 Hey Laurent, Many thanks for DivX, indeed invented by Frenchman, video technology guru and Silicon Valley entrepreneur (DivX Networks) Jérôme Rota. ADSL was invented by Alcatel, but this is sort of more 'telco'. Hey Laurent,

Many thanks for DivX, indeed invented by Frenchman, video technology guru and Silicon Valley entrepreneur (DivX Networks) Jérôme Rota.

ADSL was invented by Alcatel, but this is sort of more ‘telco’.

]]> By: Laurent http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1937 Laurent Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:00:08 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/europes-contribution-to-the-internet/#comment-1937 Tu peux rajouter l'ADSL par Alcatel et le Divx par Jérome Rota. Tu peux rajouter l’ADSL par Alcatel et le Divx par Jérome Rota.

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