Opinions asked for, therefore...
I think it is a violation of the spirit of "open source" thinking to
deliberately fail to recognize a people.
On the other hand, business is business, and in a way it is
"democratic" reasoning to conclude that 1 billion people
are a majority vote, even if indi
Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 09:36, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote:
>
> > I think we should avoid political issues like this.. if we don't
> > have to get involved in politics, we should'nt, at least not
> > politics that's not software-related..
Hmmm I haven't rece
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 12:15, Robert L Martin wrote:
> and a slice of German Chocolate cake and don't forget the toy stamped made in Taiwan
> either. Political Correctness is a Evil Bad and Wrong reason to Patch code.
Gah. I'm sorry, but this really pisses me off. Political correctness has
nothin
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 09:36, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote:
> I think we should avoid political issues like this.. if we don't have to get
> involved in politics, we should'nt, at least not politics that's not
> software-related..
To quote the ever dependable Skunk Anansie:
Yes it's fucking politic
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On Thursday 12 June 2003 07:34, Han Boetes wrote:
> 1) I am not a mandrake employee.
>
> I think that a ludicrous action like removing the Chinese flag and only
> leaving the Taiwanese flag and a smart way of bringing this to the
> media will give exac
On 2003-06-12(Thu) 13:15:11 +0800, Leon Brooks wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:39, Gary L. Greene wrote:
> > This "bug" is about the removal of a (albet not
> > recognized officiailly) democratic nation's flag from the
> > distribution. While this is an issue to the communist Chinese
> > government
Leon Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:39, Gary L. Greene wrote:
> > This "bug" is about the removal of a (albet not recognized
> > officiailly) democratic nation's flag from the distribution. While
> > this is an issue to the communist Chinese government, I loath the
> > i
On 2003-06-12(Thu) 00:39:54 -0400, Gary L. Greene wrote:
> > 2003-12-06 06:22 --- Everything simply depends on whether
> > Mandrake will enter Chinese market in the future. If they
> > won't (which seems to be the case), then this issue can be
> > ignored completely. Otherwise, flags gotta be r
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:39, Gary L. Greene wrote:
> This "bug" is about the removal of a (albet not
> recognized officiailly) democratic nation's flag from the
> distribution. While this is an issue to the communist Chinese
> government, I loath the idea of not supporting a nation's
> people that ha
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On Thursday 12 June 2003 12:22 am, [deaddog] wrote:
> http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4046
>
> --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 2003-12-06 06:22 --- Everything simply depends on whether
> Mandrake will enter Chinese
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4046
--- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-12-06 06:22 ---
Everything simply depends on whether Mandrake will enter Chinese
market in the future. If they won't (which seems to be the case),
then this issue can be ignored complet
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4046
--- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-12-06 05:08 ---
While this may be a charged political issue for some, this is not a bug nor
would it be in the opensource spirit to remove this flag (the flag of a
democratic nation.)
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