On 2008-07-21, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --tsOsTdHNUZQcU9Ye > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 02:56:07AM -0700, Lie wrote: >> On Jul 19, 6:14=A0am, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 03:46:13PM -0700, Joel Teichroeb wrote: >> > Much like the English word "bank" (and numerous others), the term "PC" >> > has come to have several meanings, one of which is the above. =A0You may >> > not like it, but we're pretty much stuck with the term, so you may as >> > well get used to it. >> >> That's not the point,=20 > > It very much IS the point. Language evolves based on common usage > patterns of the people who use it. The term "PC" is commonly used in > English, in the United States and other English speaking countries, to > mean a computer running Microsoft Windows.
You mean the same computer is no longer considered a PC if someone install linux on it? -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
