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Old 09-26-2009, 03:37 PM   #197
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel View Post
Oh, just a note to those people talking about using loan words for things which originated in the country whose language is being used :
- Cytale, a french company, creator of the Cybook, predecessor of Bookeen, was founded in Paris in 1998.
- Mobipocket is a french company, founded in Paris in 2000.
- Feedbooks is more recent but arguably unique, and is french.
I don't know whether any of these were "first" but they do show at least a significant history here.
Oh didn't know feedbooks and mobipocket where french. Or that Jacques Attali wad one of Cytale's founder.
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