Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!kunivv1!ge From: ge@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl (Ge' Weijers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: German on the net. Message-ID: <531@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl> Date: 21 Nov 89 19:35:22 GMT References: <24029@cup.portal.com> Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Lines: 33 dsmythe@cup.portal.com (dave l smythe) writes: >Because USENET is a world-wide network, it only makes sense to use >the international standard language: English. If it's good enough >for the UN, air-traffic control, and international radio communications, >it's good enough for USENET. FYI, the UN has not standardized to English as THE working language. Perhaps access to USENET should be restricted to people that know at least two languages :-) >At the very least, if you are going to >post in a language other than English, restrict the distribution to >those areas that are likely to know the language. If you need wider >distribution, use a more common language. The USENET software is currently too limited for that. You can't say 'everywhere except the USA'. Given the popularity of the ST in Germany it might be best to change the working language of this group to German (half :-) ). Actually, posting in German to the US is a waste of resources in this respect, so I grudgingly admit you have a point there. Ge' Weijers Ge' Weijers Internet/UUCP: ge@cs.kun.nl Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, (uunet.uu.net!cs.kun.nl!ge) University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1 6525 ED Nijmegen, the Netherlands tel. +3180612483 (UTC-2) Ge' Weijers Internet/UUCP: ge@cs.kun.nl Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, (uunet.uu.net!cs.kun.nl!ge) University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1 6525 ED Nijmegen, the Netherlands tel. +3180612483 (UTC-2)