Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:54:06 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Rick" <mutemole@rcn.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: different language Message-ID: <15047.38254.785715.104557@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <58109002@toto.iv>
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Rick <mutemole@rcn.com> types: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Please don't do this. Simple send plain text, not plain text and html. On this list, sending HTML (with or without plain text) tends to get you ignored. Most other places, it's just wasted bandwidth. > ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0BA6B.D6D93500 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Hello All, > I am a long time windows user and a new programmer, Now having said = > that I noticed that when I look to Unix/Linux Os I find you speak a = > different language. This makes it hard for new users to get in the = > Unix/Linux world! A common naming convention > for the windows crowd would help the transition to Unix/Linux. Thank All = > 73's Rick While you're correct about that making things easier for users, the guilty party is MS. Unix terminology predates the existence of MSDOS, much less Windows. A translation dictionary would be a service. Unfortunately, I can't really help with that. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0BA6B.D6D93500 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = > http-equiv=3DContent-Type> > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2722.2800" name=3DGENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello All,</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I am a long time windows user and = > a new=20 > programmer, Now having said that I noticed that when I look to = > Unix/Linux Os I=20 > find you speak a different language. This makes it hard for new users to = > get in=20 > the Unix/Linux world! A common naming convention</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>for the windows crowd would help the = > transition to=20 > Unix/Linux. Thank All 73's Rick</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > > ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0BA6B.D6D93500-- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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