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RE: more press



>> http://www.linuxcare.com/forums/index.html/9a08c7f3fdcd4879
>> 
>> A Declaration of . . . : Word of a new distribution appeared
>>     Sunday on linux.announce. Named "Independence," the
>>     distribution is intended to "bring Linux to the masses" with
>>     features appropriate for newbies who want to run Linux on a
>>     standalone workstation. The Project Independence effort may be
>>     found at http://www.independence.seul.org. The development
>>     team appears to be French, which may explain this wonderful
>>     example of Franglish in the press release: "Independence is based
>>     on RedHat 5.2 with all the errata applied and with stuff of our
>>     own." 
>
>What was supposed to be correct English?  I also wonder how good he
>would have beeen at writing texts in French or Spanish.  
>
>-- 
>			Jean Francois Martinez

   The funny part, is that it is grammatically correct.  It reads a bit
poorly, or disjointed, but it is correct.  So many people seem to forget
that the point of language is to communicate.  Anything else is just
gravy.  I understood it, and so did he...  Some people just want to find
fault, and in this world , that isn't hard.  I think you are doing a
great job.

			Lee