__/ [ 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 \__
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>>>>> 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
>>
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> 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*
Best wishes,
Roy
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