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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 10 July 2006 10:55 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 10 July 2006 09:52 \__
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>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> __/ [ Linonut ] on Saturday 08 July 2006 16:03 \__
>>>>>
>>>>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
>>>>>> wisdom:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> __/ [ Jim ] on Friday 07 July 2006 19:13 \__
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> John Bailo wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Wow -- even rabid M$ supporters The Yankee Group are jumping ship to
>>>>>>>>> Linux?! Laura DiDio follows the money...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://ddj.com/dept/database/189602191?cid=RSSfeed_DDJ_DataBase
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yankee Group research fellow Laura DiDio estimates Red Hat already
>>>>>>>>> owns between 75 percent and 80 percent of the commercial open-source
>>>>>>>>> distribution market. "
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ./me takes anything written by DiDio with a LARGE BUCKET OF SALT.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is old news. My guess is that the message delivered is that Linux
>>>>>>> was commercialised. This could be seen as a subversive delivery of
>>>>>>> disinformation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Laura "the Diddler" is just diddling.
>>>>>
>>>>> Like our (H)omer recently said, "someone ough to stick a cork in her
>>>>> arse".
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I spelled that correctly...
>>>> spelt... :-)
>>>
>>> Both are possible.
>>>
>>> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=spelled
>>>
>>
>> Spelt is the standard spelling, I think. Spelled is a US thing...
>
> Aha! So you force me to remain consistent. I never realized that you dishonor
> anything that does not comply with the British way. You are no better than
> ispell, which insists that anything with a zeeeeeeeeeeee (yes, I do it all
> on purpose!) is misspelled. *smile*
>
Ah, yes - consistency is important, of course. As you say, if you're
going to use a regional variation, then you should probably stick with
it...
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