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Interesting article, thanks. I live in France, where it is forbidden to have alcoholic beverages at work, so I'm a bit surprised reading your description of the

Interesting article, thanks. I live in France, where it is forbidden to have alcoholic beverages at work, so I'm a bit surprised reading your description of the situation in the US. Same thing for the events I've attended (Linux Expo, RMLL, XP Days, EuroPython...), where it certainly was possible to get a beer (generally not for free), but no drinking parties were organized (or I was not aware of them). So maybe you should consider moving on the other side of the Atlantic where you could possibly feel more at ease :-) -- Gurney (https://twitter.com/#!/gurneyalex https://twitter.com/#!/gurneyalex)

dbourguignon 15y ago
Yes, true, never notice this trend about alcohol in France in conference. Binge drinking is not particularly popular here.
theorique 15y ago
That surprises me that France prohibits drinks at work. Granted, most hip US based companies that I've seen that have a bar do not have people drinking at 1pm. Usually it's a post-5pm happy hour thing, not a license to get hammered with your colleagues. I have a vision of Europe, and probably France in particular, as being far more liberal about alcohol (but more conservative about abuse / overindulgence in alcohol).
mjwalshe 15y ago
Realy I thought company restaurants had wine in France certainly the Concert JV did and that's not that long ago.