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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