[52889] in Cypherpunks
RE: Why Americans feel no compulsion to learn foreign langua
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Graves)
Fri Mar 29 01:21:04 1996
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 10:29:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
To: "'cypherpunks@toad.com'" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
In-Reply-To: <01BB1C93.A8A24E40@jbugden.alis.com>
On Thu, 28 Mar 1996, James Bugden wrote:
> At Thursday, March 28, 1996 12:32 AM, Timothy C. May wrote:
> >My point is not against the learning of a foreign language, just that
> >economic considerations _must_ play a role.
>
> Q: What do you call an American company that ported its internet software
> to 22 different langauges in order to compete in the world?
>
> A: Microsoft
BWAHAHAHA!!! That's a good one. Did you hear the one about the SMB
security patch affecting *two* files that was released in English on
October 20th, and for other major western languages in mid-January?
-rich
