On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Friday 03 June 2011 04:25:23 Tim Serong wrote:
>> On 03/06/11 09:42, James Mason wrote:
>> > Never mind that "flexible" is mis-spelled...
>>
>> Wow.  I can't believe how much I suck for not noticing that.
>
> Thanks for the feedback, gents, we'll fix it.
>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> > - James Mason 'bear454'
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Tim Serong <[email protected]
>> >
>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >     On 27/05/11 02:03, rich wrote:
>> >         On Thursday 26 May 2011 3:57:37 pm Tim Serong wrote:
>> >             On 20/05/11 06:30, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
>> >                 On Tuesday 17 May 2011 09:00:50 jdd wrote:
>> >                     Le 16/05/2011 23:24, Jos Poortvliet a écrit :
>> >                         But we're back in Business, Karl Cheney has made
>> >                         an updated version -
>> >                         and here it is. Let us know your thoughts, esp
>> >                         when it comes to
>> >                         refining the text!!!
>> >
>> >                     Please take into account local customisation and
>> >                     translation.
>> >
>> >                     I mean that of course we need the source, but also
>> >                     that when printing
>> >                     locally, color is unavailable as shown on the
>> >                     project. It's pretty
>> >                     easy (and in France mandatory - blank paper is only
>> >                     authorized for
>> >                     government papers for public diffusion) to use color
>> >                     paper, but then
>> >                     of course the color is the same everywhere nd the
>> >                     photo only B&W
>> >
>> >                     that said, the document is very smart :-)
>> >
>> >                     thanks
>> >                     jdd
>> >
>> >                 Hmm, what you are saying is that we need a
>> >                 black-and-white version, yes?
>> >
>> >                 Karl, can you do that in a reasonable way, you think, or
>> >                 does that
>> >                 require a lot of re-design?
>> >
>> >                 Moreover, Karl, you mentioned the text is a tad long and
>> >                 for an A4
>> >                 version we need to shorten it... Could you send the text
>> >                 that is too much
>> >                 to me in a separate mail, I'll munch over it and shorten
>> >                 it a bit. Please
>> >                 tell me by how much approximately I need to shorten it...
>> >
>> >             I found a couple of typos:
>> >
>> >             - Working Together:
>> >             "...supporting 21 distro’s on seven architectures." - remove
>> >             the
>> >
>> >                 apostrophe in "distros".
>> >
>> >             - For Users:
>> >             "But shoulld you want more..." - should be "should"
>> >
>> >             - For Administrators:
>> >             "It’s powerful and flexibile with it’s unique command line"
>> >             - remove
>> >
>> >                 apostrophe in second "its".
>> >
>> >             - Get Connected:
>> >                 - Twitter.com and Identi.ca should probably be lower
>> >                 case.
>> >
>> >             - SUSE Studio:
>> >                 - "customized with your packages, script and artwork" -
>> >
>> >             suggest
>> >
>> >                   pluralizing "scripts".
>> >
>> >             - "desktop Choice" heading should be "Desktop Choice" (upper
>> >             case)
>> >
>> >             - Tumbleweed:
>> >                 URL is http://en.opensuse.org/tumbleweed - all other
>> >
>> >             URLs lack the
>> >
>> >                 protocol specifier (not sure if this is intentional).
>> >
>> >             Nice brochure, BTW :)
>> >
>> >             Regards,
>> >
>> >             Tim
>> >             --
>> >             Tim Serong<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >             Senior Clustering Engineer, OPS Engineering, Novell Inc.
>> >
>> >           I think "It’s powerful and flexibile with it’s unique command
>> >
>> >         line" is OK.
>> >         The second "it's" is indicating possession whereas the first
>> >         "it's" is
>> >         indicating a contraction of it is.  both correct usages afaik.
>> >
>> >     Yep, the first "it's" is a contraction of "it is".  But the second
>> >     "its" is a possessive pronoun, for which apostrophes should never be
>> >     used (see rules 9 and 10 at
>> >     http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp).
>> >
>> >     (Actually, if you're really bored^H^H^H want to get really
>> >     technical, apostrophes *always* indicate contractions - the reason
>> >     they're used for possessive nouns, e.g.: "John's cat" is because in
>> >     Old English that would have been "Johnes cat", and the apostrophe
>> >     indicates the removal of the "e" - see
>> >     http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/pcrrn/apostrophe/page3.htm)
>> >
>> >
>> >     Regards,
>> >
>> >     Tim
>> >     --
>> >     Tim Serong <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >     Senior Clustering Engineer, OPS Engineering, Novell Inc.
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I have one question. Well two. Is this letter size? Who is going to print it?

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