To clear things up, and hopefully make this thread go away:
The Linux-Mandrake Spanish Website does offer similar multi-linugal suport
lists as the English website. However, the options are: English,
English-Summarised, French, and Italian.
If a native Spanish speaking individual chooses to write to an english
speaking board there may be a good reason for it: ie. English speakers on
the list may be from America, and have more exposure to Linux, and benefit
from better availability and the lower overall cost of computers; May
popluate the message boards more heavily than foreign language boards, and
therefore offer better opportunity for response; May speak a language that,
although foreign, is better understood than the others; etcetera, etcetera,
blah blah blah.
Frankly, I'm getting tired of people and their bloated sense of
self-importance on this list, and have made up my mind that in a week, if
bashing and flaming doesn't all settle down, I'm leaving.
I appologise to those with whom I have a good rapport, and to whom I have
been able to provide assistance, but the fact is that there should be
absolutley no need to instruct new list members in methods of acceptable
conduct.
For those who appreciate my help, if I do in fact leave you may continue to
write me off-list. But as things has been going, there is simply not much
here to keep me anymore.
--Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathleen Dickason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> You're right. Perhaps he can understand English but not compose in it?
I'd
> be willing to be that he posted to the lists in the languages he can
> understand, but wrote in his primary language. I guess that's spamming,
but
> I have lots of empathy for newbies desperate for information. :/
>
> I'm curious: is it against the rules for someone to post a request in a
> language other than the list language, looking for an answer in the list
> language?
>
> Kathleen
>
> "Austin L. Denyer" wrote:
>
> > The mandrake lists are available in several different languages - you
> > select which one when you subscribe via the website, although I did not
> > see a Spanish one.
> >
> > I think the thing that irks most is that the guy states in his e-mail
> > that he also speaks English and Italian. If he can speak English then
> > why not POST in English? If his Italian is better than his English then
> > there is an Italian version of this list...
> >
> > For the benefit of the others, it is NOT an advert - dwyatt is right.
> >
> > It actually says (loosely translated):
> > =================
> > Newbie Group: I need to know if you could send to me or inform me which
> > Web site I can download drivers from so that mandrake can boot in
> > graphics mode. Linux does not recognize my graphics card. This is the
> > Diamond VIPER II Z200. I hope that you can help me, since, if it is not
> > possible I will not be able to run Linux on my computer.
> > Thank you very much.
> > Fernando Vasconcelos.
> > My e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > PS: I can understand English and Italian
> > ==================
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ozz.
> >
> > > No, it's not. It's open to anyone. Mandrake is a French distro,
> > IIRC...
> > >
> > > > what the heck!!!!!!!!
> > > > buddy this is an english speaking news group and we dont like
> > advertisements!
>
>
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