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Re: FAQ DRAFT v2
> > I agree about the Latin and otherwise "complex" English words. We
> > must remember that this is Israel. Maybe you guys don't feel this,
> > but as a SysOp of a BBS trying to push Linux you would not believe
> > the amount of alphabetically challenged people who log on. This FAQ
> > should be accessible to *EVERYONE*, and thus I urge Marc to remove
> > any words over 3 letters in length that are not "food". OK, maybe
> > I overdid it, but you get the point.
>
> I refuse to write a sex guide. The very fact that "internationalization"
> can appear in a Linux FAQ makes it impossible for me to write a FAQ for
> the linguisticly challenged.
There is something in between a sex guide and a fourth year linguistics
Mayan text... ;-) Seriously, I do not mean for you to write something REALLY
dumb (like my three-letter word recommendation specified), but rather someone
we could be sure any decent Israeli can read. Israeli, Marc - this is
Linux-il, not Linux-Ancient-Rome ;-)
> > I like the general spirit of v2, but we should not drag the idea of RTFM
> > too much.
>
> Yes we should. The raison d'etre of this FAQ is to make people RTFM.
True, but you don't want to scare people away! A person interested in
Linux would see too many warnings and threats. As I said, the amount
of warnings in v2/v3 is fine by me, but don't let it get out of hand.
Shay
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