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Originally Posted by HarryT
France is one of the world leaders in engineering and technology, it should be noted in passing - look at their railway network; the TGV is the envy of the world, and I am very happily driving an extremely reliable French car (a Peugeot). The claim that there is something inherently unreliable about products made in France is ridiculous, and rather distasteful.
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And kudos to you, Harry, for driving a french car. You are an adventurer, while I just want to be able to commute to work EVERY DAY. I will keep away, as I already had, at one point a Renault and a Citroen, so I AM in a position to judge and compare. Luckily, there are NO french cars in US - guess why. The way French handle a warranty on their products is ridiculous and rather distasteful, and as to France being the world leader in technology.... well, lets just say I strongly disagree. I don't envy anybody TGV, and don't know of anyone who does. I rather take a flight. Neither do I envy that wonder of wonders, Concorde, or anything else.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
The Gen3 is not "French technology"; the machine itself is made (and designed) by Netronix in Taiwan.
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. I bet most of the parts for TGV are from Taiwan (or someplace equally exotic), but it's still french technology... So what, if it's good then let's claim we made it, if not then somebody else did it? Tres French. I will not go any further into that, I have no love of French and it shows. I have my reasons, and in my lifetime nothing happened to improve my low opinion. Cybook is no exception. And if the design is faulty maybe they should not hop on that wagon and sell it as a french product.
Dorota