He was making a speech about Windows 2010. The seminar organisers had put up two stalls for free brochures. One had copies in French and the other had copies of his speech in English. The French stall had no takers bar a few. France and similar other countries which have a strong sense of identity are experiencing this quandary.
Japan is one such example.
Networking nerds say that that country is so uncomputerised that at some stages billion yen companies still maintain their accounts on paper. Japanese try to look the other way as computers are mainly in English. Their nationalistic fervour does not allow them to enjoy English software or the vibrant world of global networking through the Internet. France is in the same rut. Let us look at India.