> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Larry Ploetz > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 12:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: vale openSolaris > > On 8/16/10 7:41 AM, McKown, John wrote: > > > "vale" is Latin for "goodbye". Oracle is apparently closing > down their support for OpenSolaris. Oracle does not appear to > believe the open software is of much importance. They don't > seem to have much interest that I can see in Java either. And > suing Google over Android and its "improper" use of Java. I > don't understand what this latter is about. > > So, for those of us that took BASIC (actually a keypunch > class in which BASIC was available via tty > over a 300 (110?) baud modem to a PDP-8) in high school > instead of Latin, is vale pronounced like > veil, as in veil of secrecy, or like valley, as in valley of evil? > > - Larry
I was taught it was pronouced something like: "wa lay". The latin "v" is more like a "w" sound. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-691-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
