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Débâcle en Sarkozie de france.fr

Le nouveau portail internet de la France france.fr est tombé en panne. L'épisode a été raconté par Le Monde:

http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/reactions/2010/07/23/france-fr-le-recit-d-une-debacle_1391241_651865.html

Je ne rapporte pas cette nouvelle pour se moquer de nos voisins; ce serait trop facile et trop bête. Mais j'ai noté quelques réactions des lecteurs au reportage. Les Français réagissent d'un ton aussi acerbe qu'un Anglais typique devant un tel épisode. Voici quelques commentaires:

"En Sarkozie, tout est pourri. Le foot, les sites mais aussi, les ministres et leurs chers amis Ah que je suis fier de mon pays. (sur l'air de "Mon frère était vétérinaire...")"

"Le site est parfaitement adapté a l'image de la France : planté !"

"France.fr, La France et vous, site momentanément indisponible"... ... quelle métaphore!"

"Lamentable... et en plus avec mon pognon !"

Et pour les geeks:

"Un rapide exercice : - Firewall, load balancers, serveurs front et back office de dev et de production, switch, etc... : 200k€ sans remise. - Hébergement sur 2 baies + 2x1Gbps : 40k€ annuel - 2 Ingénieurs, 2 designers, 1 chef de projet : 400k€ annuel - 800 Jh externes à 400€/J de développement initial : 320k€ Total année 1 960k€ Puis année 2 440k€ Et là on parle de 5000 pages/seconde. Il est triste et criminel que ce site vitrine de notre nation soit indisponible faute d'expertise et de sérieux."

D'où vient ce curieux mélange de honte et de chauvinisme qu'éprouvent nos deux pays? D'un côté on est fier de son pays et de sa culture, de l'autre on cherche toute occasion pour se moquer de n'importe quoi. Je suppose que ce n'est pas la France dont on se moque, mais plutôt une certaine idée de la France, une France suffisante, qui se veut importante dans le monde. Idem pour les Britanniques. On aime aussi se moquer de tout ce qui vient du gouvernement - ça, c'est international.

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  1. Pascale HP28 July 2010 at 13:42

    En effet ça critique ouvertement en France ou mème au R.U
    Difficile par contre de trouver des opinions sur le gouvernement Berlusconi en Italie à part dans l'élite... Alors ces commentaires soient acèrbes soient désabusés serpent ims indicateurs d une liberté d' expression facilitée par unedémocratie qui après tout ne marche pas si mal ?

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