The Chinese Language is not "Ready for the Desktop."

[Tundro Walker]

Holy crap. Ayisu's just come up with the next big fad since "all your base". Anytime someone writes an article bashing Linux...just replace the word "Linux" with "Chinese".

Let's try it, shall we?

Is Chinese Difficult to Use?
Introduction

James Andrews
Saturday, May 29, 1999 01:36:47 PM
This is a frequently asked question about Chinese. Perhaps because most people have heard that Chinese is similar to Japanese. Japanese has an image problem. Many people only know Japanese as something tedious they came across at college. Other people think of it as something used by scientists and run on powerful but expensive workstations. However, in several important ways Chinese is not like Japanese. Chinese runs on personal computers. This means that it is suitable for and aimed at a wider base of users than Japanese. As well as the hardware, the applications software for Chinese is developed with a different market in mind. You, the user, are the target for Chinese software and not an abstract set of development goals.

Another concern with Chinese is that it is not like the old operating system you are used to. Yes, Chinese is not German or English. But there are similarities in addition to differences. All modern operating systems support software to run a 'English Icons, Mouse, Pull-down menus' or EIMP graphical user interface. Chinese is no exception. Using a Window Manager under Chinese is, in essence, no different to the desktop on other operating systems.

Legend...
Chinese = Linux
Japanese = Unix
German = MacOS
English = Windows

Here's the original article.

[Tanoku]

That last article didn't make much sense to me.

You may want to replace "operating system" with language.

[Tundro Walker]

That last article didn't make much sense to me.

You may want to replace "operating system" with language.

Use your imagination...lol

I've actually been reading some Linux vs. Windows "flame war" sites, and they take on a whole different perspective when you make it Chinese vs. English.... Talk about racist! LOL!

[ncappel1]

There are some people who would agree with Johnathan Smith's "Modest Proposal", too. On my home planet, we call such people "cat food".

I believe that you mean Jonathan Swift. I got a link, it is this you're referencing, correct?
http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html

haha good one

[hyperair]

Good one, aysiu. Bananas for the win

[tuskenraider]

So effing funny!!!!!!!! and so true about the "linux will never be ready for ordinary users" people...

*whats that you have a better way of doing things?? no no no uncle Bill wouldn't approve of me learning a new non-M$ way of doing things!!*

your computer has no brain - use your own !

[myusername]

actually i think german should be used as the international language...its the only language i know of that actually spells stuf like it sounds

but what do i know im just a kid from alabama

[Kingsley]

actually i think german should be used as the international language...its the only language i know of that actually spells stuf like it sounds

but what do i know im just a kid from alabama

I love the German language, but no thanks. I'd rather not deal with saying or spelling long German words every day, ie. "Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung" for "speed limit." Of course that example is kinda extreme, but a lot of their words are quite lengthy.

[myusername]

that is true

[chineselearner]

In addition to that german is so hard to pronounce.