Linux desktop lacks innovation

[Cyrus Jones]

Well said. Remember the Ubuntu Code of Conduct, which applies to
sounder as well.

On Nov 28, 2007 7:27 PM, Daniel Robitaille
<daniel.robitaille at mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
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> On 28-Nov-07, at 11:26 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
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> > I wouldn't normally bother carping on about bad grammar, but hey,
> > given the number of people that gave me grief for their being unable
> > to understand a perfectly grammatical, correct piece, why not?
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> > Joel, if English is not your native language, I'm sorry, I do not mean
> > to mock. If it /is/ your native language, however, you should have
> > paid more attention in school.
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> Politely pointing in private grammar problems to someone can be a
> worthwhile exercise. And as non-native English speaker I personally
> always welcome that kind of feedback to my emails as a way to improve
> my English.  But to do so in public with a mocking tone like you did
> to Joel is probably pushing this attempt at a english learning
> exercise a bit too far...
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> And considering the number of international people involved in the
> Ubuntu community, I would guess that these mailing lists have more
> non-English speakers than English ones.  So chances are good you will
> end up mocking someone who is trying his/her best to communicate in a
> non-native language.  Not everyone was lucky enough to be born and
> raised using the english language,  the de-facto default language for
> Ubuntu development.
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