France is developing Viso, a 100% French videoconferencing solution developed by the Direction Interministérielle du Numérique (DINUM), the French government’s interministerial digital directorate, as an alternative to US tools like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet. There will be some limitations:
1. Only operates between 10am and 5pm.
2. It will take a two-hour break for lunch every day between 12:30 and 14:30.
3. It cannot be used for more than 35 hours a week.
4. Closed all of August
5. It retires on 85% pay after three years.
6. L'utilisation du français sera obligatoire.
Can’t wait to show them Yanks what’s what.