You have to hand it to the French. They are right on top of every international threat to their way of life. The Washington Post and Le Monde reported--I wouldn't make this up--carried a story dated 21 June 2007 that the French General Secretariat for National Defense has banned the use of BlackBerrys inside the presidential palace and government ministries.
Why?
BlackBerry data passes through servers in the United States and Britain.
Uhh, France, although the data may pass through those troublesome countries such as the U.S. and Britain, keep in mind that Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (TSX: RIM, NASDAQ: RIMM) is a Canadian wireless device company: RIM is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario.
Once the lovely Canadians are suspected as international threats it is time to pack it in.
Rock on RIM!
The French seem to epitomize untruths as a part of their national character and they suspect anyone who is straightforward.
"Truths!" Charles de Gaulle is supposed to have shouted. "Did you think I could have created a (Free French) government against the English and the Americans with truths? You make History with ambition, not with truths," quoted in Thierry Pfister, "Lettre Ouverte aux Gardiens du Mensonge" (Open Letter to the Keepers of the Lie), Albin Michel, 1999.
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