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Re: Yankee Group: Time Is Ripe For Oracle Linux

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ 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 \__
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 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
>>> 
>> 
>> 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*
> 

Ah, yes - consistency is important, of course.  As you say, if you're
going to use a regional variation, then you should probably stick with
it...

-- 
| Mark Kent   --   mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk  |
To be intoxicated is to feel sophisticated but not be able to say it.

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