Re: [linux-audio-dev] an open letter to Linus re: low latency

New Message Reply About this list Date view Thread view Subject view Author view Other groups

Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] an open letter to Linus re: low latency
From: John BEPPU (beppu_AT_lineo.com)
Date: Thu Jun 22 2000 - 23:03:53 EEST


[ date ] 2000/06/22 | Thursday | 10:21 PM
[ author ] J?rn Nettingsmeier <nettings_AT_folkwang.uni-essen.de>

> btw2: i think the ending "thank you for your benign dictatorship" is
> somewhat awkward, but then, i'm not a native speaker. for me, the
> word "dictator" has a connotation not to be thanked for, and while i
> would use "benign d.-ship" as an abstract description of a political
> situation, i think it's not suited as a personal greeting. your
> choice, however.

I /am/ a native speaker, and it sounds a little weird to me, too.
Otherwise, it's a great letter.

PS: sign me up.


New Message Reply About this list Date view Thread view Subject view Author view Other groups

This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28 : Thu Jun 22 2000 - 23:24:47 EEST