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On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:45:54 +1000, steve wrote:

> Peter wrote:
>
>> Shane wrote:
>>
>>
>>> IIRC that order mirrors the one made by the EU. And the EU's
>>> experience was, Nobody big or small used Windows N
>>>
>>> Wet bus ticket time
>>>
>> Bill and Steve threatened to stop selling Windows and Office in South
>> Korea,
>> and the Koreans pretty well said 'make our day'. I am not sure what
>> they can do - chucking furniture around is not going to help.
>
> True.
>
> Leaving the field clear for several Korean distros of linux in a market
> with 22 million people would be a huge talent pool for Linux application
> development - not to mention the DRIVERS vendors of all sorts of things
> would have to develop....and which would benefit everyone, everywhere.
>
> Sounds like a great idea.

For the drivers alone I say bring it on.

cheers'
BrianM

On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:59:24 GMT, MarkH <> wrote:

>GraB <> wrote in
>news: :
>
>> http://tinyurl.com/cx7oa
>>
>> Had to laugh at the MS spokesman in Sth Korea, talking on BBC news,
>> talking about the Korean Government going to the 'competitive Leenex'
>> operating system.
>
>If you consider how Linus Torvald's first name is pronounced in his native
>tongue(Lee'nus in his native Swedish) then maybe Leenex is actually closer
>to the right pronunciation, since almost everyone pronounces Linux
>incorrectly (or at least differently) you are foolish to laugh at how
>someone in another country pronounces it.
>
Lighten up. It was an American MS employee who was mispronouncing it
on purpose.

brianM <> wrote in
news o.nx:

> There used to be a little sound file in Red Hat for testing your
> soundcard - "I'm Leenoose Torvolds and I pronounce Lin-ux Lin-ux"
> There ya go

No, here you go.

http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/

steve wrote:

> Peter wrote:
>
>> Shane wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> IIRC that order mirrors the one made by the EU. And the EU's experience
>>> was, Nobody big or small used Windows N
>>>
>>> Wet bus ticket time
>>>
>> Bill and Steve threatened to stop selling Windows and Office in South
>> Korea,
>> and the Koreans pretty well said 'make our day'. I am not sure what they
>> can do - chucking furniture around is not going to help.
>
> True.
>
> Leaving the field clear for several Korean distros of linux in a market
> with 22 million people would be a huge talent pool for Linux application
> development - not to mention the DRIVERS vendors of all sorts of things
> would have to develop....and which would benefit everyone, everywhere.
>
> Sounds like a great idea.

Once it gets a decent foothold in a large enough democracy it will be the
end of times for the stranglehold Microsoft has had on the software
industry.

Operating systems and nonspecialised software should be readily available to
all who need them without draconian agreements or price gouging.

Allistar.

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:19:06 +1000, bambam wrote:

> brianM <> wrote in
> news o.nx:
>
>> There used to be a little sound file in Red Hat for testing your
>> soundcard - "I'm Leenoose Torvolds and I pronounce Lin-ux Lin-ux" There
>> ya go
>
> No, here you go.
>
> http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/

Good one ! now how long ago was Red Hat 5. something.

BrianM

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:18:45 +1300, GraB <> wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:59:24 GMT, MarkH <> wrote:
>
>>GraB <> wrote in
>>news: m:
>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/cx7oa
>>>
>>> Had to laugh at the MS spokesman in Sth Korea, talking on BBC news,
>>> talking about the Korean Government going to the 'competitive Leenex'
>>> operating system.
>>
>>If you consider how Linus Torvald's first name is pronounced in his native
>>tongue(Lee'nus in his native Swedish) then maybe Leenex is actually closer
>>to the right pronunciation, since almost everyone pronounces Linux
>>incorrectly (or at least differently) you are foolish to laugh at how
>>someone in another country pronounces it.
>>
>Lighten up. It was an American MS employee who was mispronouncing it
>on purpose.

Perhaps he wanted it to sound like Kleenex?