On 2/27/11 10:56 AM, Lars Aronsson wrote:
In my opinion, we should let Germans write software but not welcome greetings, at least not in English
Well, this shouldn't be controversial at all!
Maybe a German wrote this originally, but the rest of us have had ample opportunity to amend this. It's not German software; it's not American software, it's OUR software. Rather than blame those who tried to fix a problem, let's put our minds to work on coming up with an even better solution.
Without dragging putative national characteristics into this, let's just agree that our software could be nicer. The tone of its messages could be improved, but more importantly, we need to reduce the need for there to even be nagging messages.