> -----Original Message----- > From: Lu Heng [mailto:h...@anytimechinese.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 5:59 AM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: Can we use other language here? > > Hi > > "accepted as language in software development" > > is as long as the person able to speak English at first place, persons > are not able to speak English are automatically excluded in the > mailling list, so opinions here(only from people able to speak > English) seems will be limited as well. > > But just a very interesting thoughts, no one said about language > restrictions anyway, and English is not always be the first language > for many of us.
Understand, almost 20% of world's population are speaking Chinese:) David, is it easy to setup a cloudstack-user/dev-cn mailing list? I can help to monitor it if it's there. > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> > wrote: > > On 06/19/2012 02:50 PM, Robert Schweikert wrote: > >> > >> On 06/19/2012 05:43 AM, Lu Heng wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> One very interesting question raised by my Chinese tech today, can > we > >>> use Chinese in the mailling list. > >>> > >>> 1. Seems there is no language restriction about in the mailling > list, > >>> and all language should be equal. > >>> > >>> 2. As I read and touched these days in the mailling list, a lot guy > >>> from crixi developing CS are in fact Chinese. > >>> > >>> Any thoughts? > >>> > >> > >> If this is needed then we should have a language specific list. > However, > >> from a development point of view that'll put a big dent into > >> collaboration. > > > > > > I'd see a cloudstack-users-cn mailinglist earlier then a Chinese > developer > > list. > > > > My €0,02 says we should stick to English on the development list to > keep > > collaboration consistent. English isn't my native language either, > but it > > seems to be accepted as the language in software development? > > > > As far as I know English is harder to learn for Chinese people due to > the > > huge language differences. I wouldn't vote against a Chinese > development > > list, but I wouldn't endorse it either, due to the above reasons. > > > > Wido > > > >> > >> My $0.02 > >> Robert > >> > > > > > > -- > -- > Kind regards. > Lu > > This transmission is intended solely for the addressee(s) shown above. > It may contain information that is privileged, confidential or > otherwise protected from disclosure. Any review, dissemination or use > of this transmission or its contents by persons other than the > intended addressee(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this transmission in error, please notify this office immediately and > e-mail the original at the sender's address above by replying to this > message and including the text of the transmission received.
