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Europeans have invented PHP, Linux, Python, C++, Ruby on Rails, Opera browser, Skype etc.

should promote european better search engines more , otherwise average-level product makers like Google and Microsoft will take over the world

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> Europeans have invented PHP, Linux, Python, C++, Ruby on Rails...

Sure, but Rasmus Lerdorf, Linus Torvalds, Guido van Rossum, Bjarne Stroustrup and David Heinemeier Hansson all now live in the US which IMHO says a lot.

I think despite all the article's flaws, that point you mention is very valid- google is a very American product, with the good-enough-for-us-means-good-enough-for-the-rest-of-the world.

It's still great in Canada, too. Don't even say it, we're totally different and unique.

when you search in French from Canada, do you get results from France as well?

Nope.

http://www.google.ca/search?source=ig&hl=fr&rlz=&...

Google does have some god-awful URLs though.

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