Gérard Théry
1933
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2021
Country of citizenship: France
Languages spoken, written or signed: French
Educated at: École polytechnique, Télécom Paris
Occupation: engineer, computer scientist
Award received: Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the National Order of Merit
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Gérard Théry (25 February 1933 – 18 July 2021) was a French engineer and computer scientist. He was Directeur générale des Télécommunications from 1974 to 1981 and President of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie from 1996 to 1998. He was a founding member of the Télétel program and Minitel. He once stated that the internet was "ill-suited to the provision of commercial services", which was proven to be incorrect. He was also responsible for the French government's program against the Year 2000 problem from 1998 to 2000. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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