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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd: Donald Knuth on `email' vs. `e-mail' [Please forward to
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-01-04 17:42:44
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Jason Stephenson wrote:
> 
> On Thursday 04 January 2001 05:22, Guillaume Laurent wrote:
> > On Thursday 04 January 2001 11:12, Peter Putzer wrote:
> > > His is just an opinion like everyone else's.
> >
> > Except that he is a tad bit more knowledgeable on the subject than most,
> > don't you think ?
> 
> Not really. He's in computer science, not the English department.
> 
> Quite frankly, I'm sick of this whole debate and I want it to end. Who cares
> if we're consistent in spelling email? (Consider that my opinion!) After all,
> it has been said, "A foolish consistence is the hobgoblin of little minds."
> Haven't we got bigger things to be working on rather than the spelling of a
> stupid, little word?
> 
If we can't get the spelling of email consistent, how are we supposed to get
a consistent desktop enviroment?

Greetings, Stephan

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and report it to the author haven't got the idea behind open source.
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