Hi, 15.04.2009 22:09, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Kern, > ... > I have to admit that I feel sorry about such a split of the commu- > nity. Now we have an English group, a French one, and a Spanish one - > with more to come? And more and more of interesting dicussions (and > answers to questions!) will be missed by many of us just because they > are somewhere else, in a language we don't understand.
I think that's only partly true. Basically, I get the impression that, especially the roman language speakers have a bit more difficulties with English than, say, Scandinavian or German people. (I won't discuss if this is based on language or culture...) Thus, giving them a place where they can communicate in their native language is definitely an advantage for them (provided there are active and competent users available for support). I expect that some users will be active on -spanish/-french as well as -users, too. > I'm from Germany, and my English is far from perfect. I could write > my messages in German faster and with less thinking. The point is - you *can* write in English, and you can read the English responses. Others simply *can not*. > But the last > thing I would wish for is a bacula mailing list in German. Agreed - though that's mostly because most Germans working in the IT industry have reasonable experience communicating in English. > Yes, > native language lists make it easier for some people to ask their > questions, and for some others to reply to questions, but at the same > time they cut off the majority of other users. We split resources > this way, and we fragment the information available from mailing list > archives. But we make information available to users who, otherwise, would have a really hard time getting at it. > Creating isolated subcommunities is a bad move in my opinion. YMMV. My Mileage Does Vary... I think it remains to be seen if active, competent communities build through the Spanish and French mailing lists. If that happens, I hope those will be closely linked to the English communicating community we have here. > For me, this is a sad day. That's a bit too strong for me, though I see your point, and partly agree. Arno > > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann Sandstr. 6, 49080 Osnabrück www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
