Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 154829FB2F6 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:32:00 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 81667-01 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:31:53 -0400 (AST) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB5F09FB2E7 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:31:59 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.191]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 706A8118C2CD for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:31:53 -0400 (AST) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 90906-06; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:31:56 -0400 (AST) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-89-241-126.eastlink.ca [24.89.241.126]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EFF7118B3E4; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:31:50 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B33A95E407; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:32:01 -0400 (AST) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:32:01 -0400 From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: "Joshua D. Drake" , Peter Eisentraut cc: pgsql-www@postgresql.org, Magnus Hagander Subject: Re: Multi-language to be or not to be Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <45CFB5D1.5070104@commandprompt.com> References: <45CF18A1.1090903@hagander.net> <200702112155.59395.peter_e@gmx.net> <45CF8847.3010703@commandprompt.com> <200702112246.31320.peter_e@gmx.net> <45CFB5D1.5070104@commandprompt.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.7 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200702/173 X-Sequence-Number: 11578 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --On Sunday, February 11, 2007 16:33:21 -0800 "Joshua D. Drake" wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> Joshua D. Drake wrote: >>> Peter Eisentraut wrote: >>>> Joshua D. Drake wrote: >>>>> The reality is this, the majority (likely > 98%) is English >>>>> speaking. >>>> of what? >>> The postgresql community. >> >> And that statistic is derived from what sources? > > *sigh*, I am not going to argue the obvious with you. If you don't > agree, don't agree. I personally don't agree either ... I would guess that the majority of PostgreSQL users are non-English as *first* language ... just because they can communicate in English doesn't mean that their are either fluent in, or comfortable with, the language ... I'd love to see our demographics some day, but would guess that the Japanese themselves are a fairly high percentage of users, based on how they've organized over there ... Spanish is probably another high percentage language ... French, German, Chinese (Mandarin?), Arabic ... if you look at 'first languages', I suspect that "English" is alot smaller then 98% ... whether its less then 50%, that I wouldn't hazard a guess ... Personally, I think it almost does us a dis-service statistically not to have more translations available on our main web site ... - ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFz9+x4QvfyHIvDvMRAuyXAJ9t5Y6bcwaOuw+HCFVstOLSsuL4VACgi9iP azNDNscxt7jNIpmJID1a8g8= =P6cB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----