In Dlugoszyn, however, where the old way of getting rid of waste is being outlawed, Mr. Pietrucki sees a need for the Canadian technology.
"They are going after pockets of tropical farmers around the world," said Jim Thomas, a researcher at the ETC Group, a Canadian technology watchdog.
It is a sorry end for a once-proud Canadian technology icon, but this way investors will at least get some of their money back.
Peter de Jager, a Canadian technology management consultant, was not the most pessimistic voice about the computer problem that came to be known as Y2K.
"We're profitable in the USA, but we're losing over $1bn a year in China," Uber CEO Travis Kalanick told Canadian technology platform BetaKit.
The Economist worked with Canadian technology firm Pressly on the app, although the project was run by The Economist Group Media Lab, an internal team within the publisher.
Shares in the Canadian technology company fell more than 3% after an executive confirmed the move in a company blog post.
Watching from the sidelines as the dot-com balloon swelled, Mr. Gamper decided to acquire a Canadian technology leasing company, the Newcourt Credit Group, closing the deal in 1999.
BlackBerry shares rose more than 3% [to $10] on Monday after a news website said Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group might offer to buy the Canadian technology company.
The maker of the BlackBerry, Research In Motion, which replaced Nortel as the leading Canadian technology company, said last week that it had been unfairly shut out of the bidding.
