Gérard Théry

Gérard Théry (25 February 1933 – 18 July 2021) was a French engineer and computer scientist. He was 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 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. Provided by Wikipedia