Not sure how this relates to what karzeem has said. You're right, taxation can shape behaviour. So what do you suppose it's saying here? Let's tax and discourage a productive part of society - or at least a part that helps people get things done faster to subsidize an industry (that's already being protected and promoted by government) that people are not interested in enough to actually support with their own money?

Let's also not forget Quaero that the French tried to create as a counterbalance to supposedly American centric search for a total estimated amount of 293M Euros over 5 years! If the French government was that concerned about certain favored industries, why not just put their money there?