Hi, On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 10:39:21PM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 06:55:37PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Sun, 18 May 2003 17:10:29 +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any possibility to prevent > > >> translation work from being done on my packages. > > > > > >Unfortunately, there is a large population of the world that does not > > >understand english at all, but only their native language. > > > > Highly technical packages like zebra, netfilter-related stuff and > > linux-atm are most likely to be used by people who know English. Not > > speaking English will make running routers and/or internet security > > systems almost impossible anyway. > (...) > > You would be surprised.... in any case, if speaking English would be a > prerequisite for running routers then the Internet would not be as it is > today. Yes, most notably the spam levels would be much more bearable. Sorry, couldn't resist. Of course, that's also an argument /for/ translating mail server documentation. Cheers, Emile. -- E-Advies - Emile van Bergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. +31 (0)70 3906153 http://www.e-advies.nl
