__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 17 November 2006 19:52 \__
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> ed <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:00:22 +0000
>> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
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>>> ed <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> > On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:13:08 +0000
>>> > Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> __/ [ ed ] on Thursday 16 November 2006 17:54 \__
>>> >>
>>> >> > On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:45:06 GMT
>>> >> > yttrx@xxxxxxxxx (yttrx) wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> >> >> > We are currently running squirrelmail and I would like to
>>> >upgrade > >to > > a different webmail for our users. A more "pretty"
>>> >eye > >pleasing > > websoftware. Our users log into squirrelmail
>>> >through > >the internet. > > They are complaining that it does not
>>> >look like > >Outlook or > > Thunderbird. Does anyone have any
>>> >suggestions > >regarding a suitable > > upgrade? Thanks!
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> The Horde.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > horde dont look shopped.
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm not sure that it can be referred to as /The/ Horde. I might be
>>> >> wrong here, but then again I have been using it since it was called
>>> >> IMS (Internet Messaging System, IIRC) and then evolved.
>>> >>
>>> >> This actually reminds me of Mr. Bush saying "The Google" or "The
>>> >> Internets". Funny presedent... now, if only he hadn't had that much
>>> >
>>> > putting 'the' in front of it makes it more of a noun. since /to/
>>> > horde is a verb, it's just something that happens. i know what
>>> > you're saying, horde is more of a platform/framework.
>>>
>>> English usage isn't normally like that, though. Proper nouns do not
>>> get a "The" in front of them. You don't normally say "The London" or
>>> "The England" or "The IBM", unless you're using the proper noun as an
>>> adjective, such as "The London Eye", or perhaps "The Google Toolbar".
>>>
>>> It's more about normal english usage than about anything technical.
>>> It's not one of Bush's strong points.
>>
>> +2 informative
>>
>
> Hahaha! Serves me right, I suppose :-)
fp. wtf.
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