You can tell a conference was boring if the most exciting bit of news is meta news about Silicon Valley's drama queen.

It's interesting that Le Muer talks about extreme quality given the atrocious quality of the venue and speakers at LeWeb.

I'm sure there is room for some fascinating cultural debate, but hot on the heels of a conference so badly managed that even the friendly-home-team Europeans felt it was a frozen no-internet disaster it seems a bit hollow to then talk about the culture of extreme quality.

Who cares?

Well, I'm up-modding, not for the emo main point, but for all the interesting tidbits about European e-businesses. I never knew that Vente-privee existed. I always suspected that there must be successful web businesses and unexploited markets in other parts of the world, but it is hard to learn about them. Which is why I guess the organizer started the conference in the first place.

Agreed, here. The very fact the question was asked at all speaks volumes about the person who asked it.

I don't have the slightest clue what this guy is talking about. Guy Savoy has a restaurant in the United States too, and it's just as packed. Americans are clearly able to appreciate it. And the wait there is a joke compared to The French Laundry.

Also, Thomas Keller is almost certainly the world's greatest. He has 2 restaurants in Restaurant Magazine's top 50 (numbers 5 and 6).

I don't really like him — I just don't know anyone with a bigger ego than his.

Flagged. Not HN. Belongs on VW.

No offense to raghus, who's submitted some good stuff.

lets not advertise our flaggings,

No. (Just to turn this into a poll - here's the second option!)

Yes. Controversy sells tickets.