Vox wrote:
> During the bombing raid on Tue, 04 Sep 2001 13:38:45 +0200, Gr�goire Colbert
> was heard mumbling in fear:
>
>> What is criticizable is the "Welcome to Linux-Mandrake" in lilo screen,
>> which is untranslated. Sorry for english people out there, but why
>> should it be spelled in english??
>>
>
> Because unfortunately english is the lingua franca of the Net? You can
> see it here on the list...people from many non-english-speaking nations all
> "talking" in english...I, for one, can't understand a word in french without
> help, and same can be said of almost any other language on earth (except my
> native spanish, and a couple of dead or almost-dead languages not spoken
> outside of Mexico).
The question was more "Why is there something *written* on that screen
at all?". I think we could put a stylized MandrakeSoft logo? And after
all, that's quite stupid to write "Welcome to Linux-Mandrake" if you use
lilo to boot Windows...
Gr�goire
