You're right. I didn't read that all the way through. Shame on me. However, the founding story I heard first was the Paris taxi story, and it's backed up by th

You're right. I didn't read that all the way through. Shame on me. However, the founding story I heard first was the Paris taxi story, and it's backed up by these old tweets from LeWeb: http://eventifier.co/event/leweb/tweets?page=21&q=uber# http://eventifier.co/event/leweb/tweets?page=21&q=uber# So maybe it was SF taxis after all, or maybe not. If I'm ever face to face with an Uber founder I'll ask.