Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 03:34:38 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@tower.berklix.net> To: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=) Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Libre Software Meeting in Amiens, France, 10-14 July Message-ID: <200705130134.l4D1Yc30068426@fire.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: <86k5vd3fr9.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <20070511180614.GA58838@plouf.absolight.net> <4644E053.30400@bebik.net> <200705121949.l4CJna0R064317@fire.jhs.private> <86k5vd3fr9.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= wrote: > "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@tower.berklix.net> writes: > > American is the industry language. (eg Korean Mboard BIOSes boot > > with American not English key layouts etc, I'm British, lucky enough > > to read German & French, but remember many can't read French). > > You apparently don't read much French, A Guess. > or you'd know what he wrote was a > direct reply to the OP, accidentally sent to the list... Your surmise of only intent might be right or not. I preferred to Ask. > > Perhaps you cc's advocacy@ in French by accident ? If not: I asked as there's always been special linguistic emphasis in France: At 1st tech. session at the EUUG in Paris a quarter century ago, ~1982 I had considerable sympathy for the non English native speakers who also didn't speak French, who argued for the conference to be in the English advertised, & not in the French the 1st tech. speaker persisted in. France since passed laws penalising foreign words in the press, & underwent internal debate on what language to publish scientific papers in. Official language of telecoms is French, but Aviation: English, etc. Conference language is a question of particular importance in France. -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs: Try snuff.
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