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This is a French free software foundation that have collected together various open source alternatives under a unified branding. Being neither a startup nor a

This is a French free software foundation that have collected together various open source alternatives under a unified branding. Being neither a startup nor american, they are of course condemned to eternal scorn by many HN readers.

growlist 8y ago
They could at least run this page through a spell checker. If they can't get that right, then..
- angieg 8y ago
  as written before, we are french and the translation in english of our homepage has been done by french people too... Let us know what we can change / correct and we'll do it.
  - growlist 8y ago
    Independence not independance
pyg77 8y ago
You may watch https://framatube.org/videos/watch/c193a2f6-8b24-48c3-a93e-f89bd71cad42 https://framatube.org/videos/watch/c193a2f6-8b24-48c3-a93e-f... to learn more about us.
s9w 8y ago
I do have to admit being guilty of something similar. Being German, I would never use German software (even German translations) or hardware. I have seen to many things :D
- chopin 8y ago
  Well, it depends. Since I switched to Linux I was quite surprised to see how many of the packages have German or European maintainers.
  - kakwa_ 8y ago
    Yes, Europe has a lot of software engineering. The issue is Europe has very few flag ship companies in Tech. Not sure as to why, part of it may be the fragmented nature of Europe (lot of small/medium sized countries with different languages). Part of it may be because it failed to reach a critical mass at a critical time (dotcom boom), and now, an European startup are bought by US flagships. Lastly, part of it may be because Europeans are more risk-averse than Americans, I'm French and I'm working for an US company, and the American positivism ingrained in my US colleagues is fascinating, and, to say the truth, sometimes annoying as it feels fake, it's a facade basically.
- majewsky 8y ago
  I used German translations for a long time, but eventually switched to LC_MESSAGES=C because it makes it easier to report UI bugs. It just removes the guesswork of "what is this menu item named in English?". Also, with LC_MESSAGES=C set, I can blacklist /usr/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/ in my package manager and save half a gigabyte or so.

growlist 8y ago

They could at least run this page through a spell checker. If they can't get that right, then..

angieg 8y ago
as written before, we are french and the translation in english of our homepage has been done by french people too... Let us know what we can change / correct and we'll do it.
- growlist 8y ago
  Independence not independance

pyg77 8y ago

You may watch https://framatube.org/videos/watch/c193a2f6-8b24-48c3-a93e-f89bd71cad42 https://framatube.org/videos/watch/c193a2f6-8b24-48c3-a93e-f... to learn more about us.

s9w 8y ago

I do have to admit being guilty of something similar. Being German, I would never use German software (even German translations) or hardware. I have seen to many things :D

chopin 8y ago
Well, it depends. Since I switched to Linux I was quite surprised to see how many of the packages have German or European maintainers.
- kakwa_ 8y ago
  Yes, Europe has a lot of software engineering. The issue is Europe has very few flag ship companies in Tech. Not sure as to why, part of it may be the fragmented nature of Europe (lot of small/medium sized countries with different languages). Part of it may be because it failed to reach a critical mass at a critical time (dotcom boom), and now, an European startup are bought by US flagships. Lastly, part of it may be because Europeans are more risk-averse than Americans, I'm French and I'm working for an US company, and the American positivism ingrained in my US colleagues is fascinating, and, to say the truth, sometimes annoying as it feels fake, it's a facade basically.
majewsky 8y ago
I used German translations for a long time, but eventually switched to LC_MESSAGES=C because it makes it easier to report UI bugs. It just removes the guesswork of "what is this menu item named in English?". Also, with LC_MESSAGES=C set, I can blacklist /usr/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/ in my package manager and save half a gigabyte or so.