One thing fun... today I tried to find some information on a CD published by one of the hundreds labels of Universal Music. I thought at first that it would be easy, since the vision of JM Messier is "convergence of media", their sites must be top-notch. So let's try: since I'm looking for a French CD, http://www.universal.fr, oups, nobody in the box. Second attempt, http://www.universal.com, a bit better, but no AS/400 for me right now, thanks. So http://www.vivendi-universal.com? No luck, dumb server.

Enough blind attempts, Google gives me http://www.vivendiuniversal.com: well done! And in French! I quickly track the moving Universal Music logo in the banner and select it... hmm... back to English... select global... a new window is opened with no title, still English? This stupid site doesn't see my browser preferred language? Well, click on the French flag... voilà! Then the labels list... no luck, the label I search is not present. By artist? No, I'm looking for a soundtrack, and the artist is not Universalized yet. So, I click on "Consultez le plus grand catalogue du monde" ("Browse the richest catalogue in the world"), a new page and... nothing. This simple welcome page is loaded with JavaScript and fails miserably with Mozilla.

I'm forced to dig the Start Menu to find a shortcut to MS Internet Explorer, the catalog now works... and gives no result. A tiny link advises me to contact my Local Universal office... ok ok ok, I follow, another new window, and... no French Local Universal Office? Time out.

What should I conclude? I've mismatched Messier's "convergence of media" with the "convergence of cash flow". After that, don't count your chickens before they are hatched, and finally, it's always the baker's children who have no bread.