My impression is that the early wide adoption of Minitel created an 'online mindset' that also fueled adoption of the web in France. Pride of people in power ma

My impression is that the early wide adoption of Minitel created an 'online mindset' that also fueled adoption of the web in France. Pride of people in power may be another story, but everyday usage seems to come pretty natural to them. It looks like they came little late to the internet party, but caught up quickly: http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=3030 http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=3030