Nobody mentioned Ipernity www.ipernity.com In my opinion it is the service with the closest functionality match to Flickr and an active European community.
Good, it seems that everyone is too quick to believe (or want to believe) the juicy negative press surrounding the software behemoth. Thanks for clearing up the rumour.
Flickr is a long way ahead of the competition. Tell me Robert, was it true that the public displaying of an Apple iPod was frowned upon back at Microsoft?