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[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt at mac.com> (from Wed, 01 Apr 2009  
10:23:58 -0700):

> If we were to write a compiler, the "Ugly American Programmer."
> article would apply. Writing an OS, I would say that it applies
> partially at best (one can make a distinction between operators
> and users, and operators tend to prefer english AFAICT).

In my experience operators prefer a language they understand well, but  
this may be biased by the kind of operators I know (I work in a  
multi-lingual environment, but we do not use FreeBSD at work). So  
personally I would not distinguish between operators and users.

I agree with your general opinion about i18n and think that it is not  
a matter of workforce, it's a matter of feasability. As soon as we  
have the infrastructure, translations will show up "soonish". It's not  
"if", it's "when".

Bye,
Alexander.

-- 
Real programmers don't write in BASIC.  Actually, no programmers write
in BASIC after reaching puberty.

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