Linux desktop lacks innovation

[Daniel Robitaille]

On 28-Nov-07, at 11:26 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
>
> 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?
>
> 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.

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...

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.