Jose I could not agree with you more..
----- Original Message -----
From: Jose Alberto Abreu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] MESSAGE TO EVERYONE...
> Guillermo Belli shared some of his thoughts about the Spanish-speaking
posts:
>
> > Some days ago I posted a message in spanish about a linux news site
called
> > SoloLinux (www.SoloLinux.com) in case that someone would be interested
about it.
> > Then came a couple of messages in spanish from other users, and I
realyzed I
> > wasn't the only spanish speaker here, and I answered these messages
trying to
> > help 'em. I thnik this was the beginning of all this "trouble". Sorry if
I did
> > wrong.
> >
> > Guillermo
>
> I am also guilty of some of the posts... Someone chided me for "this
useless waste
> of bandwith", but I believe that there are ethical and cultural issues to
handle in
> the "open software community", as well as technical issues.
>
> Some believe that the Internet is the ultimate freedom of speech tool...
you can
> communicate your ideas to the world, and also learn about what many people
around
> the world have to say...
>
> And that is mostly true... If you speak English....
>
> The growth rate of the Internet (and its mighty son Linux) has
skyrocketed. The
> obvious advantages of sharing information with people thousands of
kilometers away,
> across continents and oceans, are enormous.
>
> But they will be ultimately limited without the contributions of the
> Non-English-Speaking world if we do not start looking at different
languages as
> "waste of bandwith"
>
> Ok, maybe I was joking around on a couple of posts... Hey, forgive me!
> This list needs some humor as any other and I don't believe this is a
waste of
> bandwith either... just look at all of the messages the "Microsoff Linux
98" thang
> generated (very good joke, BTW).
>
> Mandrake is the distribution I chose because of its ease of use, its
> you-don't-nead-to-be-a-nerd approach, and also because of the
multilanguage support.
>
> I actually sent them a message volunteering to translate the Mandrake
web-pages to
> Spanish, along with a suggestion to change the flag language icons with
something
> more universal (Spanish is spoken in many, many countries).
>
> Please lets end this. I agree that English is the most spoken language in
this list
> (and on the web in general) so I think everyone on this list should post
their
> messages in English so that everyone can read them.
>
> But if someone has the time and inclination to post the message in English
and in
> another language, Why bother him/her? If you are a native English speaker
and have
> no inclination to learn another language, then I guess it's your loss.
>
> But I think that having a choice is a powerful thing, and I believe this
is one of
> the beliefs of the Open-Software community, as well.
>
> Jose Alberto Abreu
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> PD.- By the way... How do you write "Linux" in Mandarin Chinese, Steve?
> I can send you a .gif file with "Linux" in Japanese (pronounced
"Linuk-su")
>
> PPD.- Thanks again Guillermo for the help file in Spanish you mentioned in
your
> post.
> (Gracias compadre por la ayuda en Espa�ol)
>
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