That's really great. It wasn't enough that they made all French start-ups that ever took money from a government source tainted, now they do it to
all French start-ups.
This is a real pity. France has a ton of talented people and a fairly unique view on the web and online services dating back all the way to minitel.
What once was a leadership position has been eroded over the years into a real-world fight for survival. With 'help' like this from the French government the fight is all but lost, why on earth would a French person or team with a good or even great idea for a start-up found that business in France when they could just as easily do it in any other EU country without the risk of having an exit blocked?
What an absolutely dumb move.
The Daily Motion affair should have had the opposite effect.
