[Ubuntu-be] Enough already!

[.: liezie :.]

Yeah. Its getting tiring.


On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Christophe Vandeplas <
christophe op vandeplas.com> wrote:

> I can only confirm this...
> Let's hope this good and lenghty mail will be the end of these endless
> and useless discussions.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Alex Ficelle
> <alexficelle.pub op gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear list,
> >
> >  Some people speak only Dutch, some people speak only French, some both
> >  Dutch and French or French and Dutch, some can also speak English, some
> >  no English at all. No matter the combination of languages you choose,
> >  not everybody will ever be totally satisfied or comfortable.
> >
> >  I notice the current language "policy" used on this mailing list has
> >  worked well until now. Those who can, write in English; those who
> >  cannot, write in their own language. Messages intended for everybody
> >  were written in English; messages intended only for people speaking a
> >  certain language were written in that language. People who could not
> >  read the language used in a particular message, but felt that
> particular
> >  message might be of interest, asked for the meaning or for a
> translation
> >  on the list or made a special effort to decode it by themselves.
> >
> >  As for real-life meetings, English has always been the lingua frenca
> >  (even if a clumsy one) and has enabled us to communicate when the whole
> >  group was concerned (even if communication was not 100 % perfect) and
> to
> >  get things done or going. People usually reverted to French or Dutch
> >  when speaking of informal matters in smaller sub-groups (during breaks,
> >  for example); they usually switched back to English when someone who
> >  could not understand the language felt an interest in the topic at
> hand.
> >
> >  In the past few months, I reduced my involvement in Ubuntu-be
> >  significantly because of big (time-consuming) changes in my personal
> >  life. I kept reading this list, though (and I have no problem reading
> >  messages in English, Dutch, French or German). And I must say I do
> >  really not like the new trend in the past few months of debating over
> >  language "issues" more than organizing events about Ubuntu.
> >
> >  I read many times repeated that the current language policy would drive
> >  people away from the list. Like I said above, my experience has shown
> >  that the policy has worked well until now. And right now, those sterile
> >  and endless debates about language are driving me away from the list,
> >  not the policy.
> >
> >  Alexandre
> >
> >
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