There are a lot of “indigenous people from other countries” speaking
languages other than English (just take a look at their names, for
e.g.).
“Netiquette” (I like that word) dictates that people should be polite
and use English (personally, I’ve nothing against it), because it is the
“natural” language for computer-related issues (and technical specs,
docs, books, O.S.'s, you name it…).
It’s not that surprisingly, though, how easy it is for native English
citizens (from USA, UK, etc.) to forget about those other “things
called countries” (which, btw, are about the 2/3rds of population
left in the world…).
Thus, IMHO, instead of speculating about the quality of English
writers on this list, we should be asking simply if it is legit for
someone to advertise him/herself on the list as a “job hunter”. In
my opinion, no - the list serves other (technical, specific and
yes, useful) purposes.
Yet, that is not a valid reason for extrapolating on “what
someone’s email tells” about that person: that’s not a valid
argument, and it’s very error-prone to misjudging people.
(Btw, I feel confortable to speak and write a non-English
language, as I’m sure a lot of other people here on the list are;
yet, we all agree that English is still the best and easiest way
for us all to understand each other - right?)
Peace. 
«Humour and love are God’s answers
to Human weaknesses»
----- Original Message -----
From: “Carl Youngblood”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 5:06 PM
Subject: [ntdev] Re: different padding!!
I agree. I can’t recall hearing anything that pedantic in a long time.
I’d
like to see the English speakers in this forum do as well in say,
Russian,
Hindi or Japanese. Let’s cut the guy some slack.
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Bunn [mailto:xxxxx@UltraBac.com]
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 9:43 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: different padding!!
I heard a strange rumor the other day that there were these things
called
“countries” where their indigenous peoples speak languages other than
English!
NTDEV is further rumored to be in communication with these alien lands.
'Course,
don’t believe it myself.
Sarcasm aside, I have to agree that this particular person’s English was
at
4th
Grade level. But some of the best programmers come from Russia,
Hungary,
India
and elsewhere where English is not the primary language. Keep them away
from the
resource file (or review everything closely), and you can have a very
prolific
coder at your disposal. Oh, and their English impoves the more they are
exposed
to it – imagine that!
One must applaud the person for at least trying and making posts in
English,
as is
netiquette for this list.
Regards,
Paul Bunn, UltraBac.com, 425-644-6000
Microsoft MVP - WindowsNT/2000
http://www.ultrabac.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Little [mailto:xxxxx@Broadstor.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 5:39 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: different padding!!
If you mean using this list as a network for a job hunt, I don’t think
so,
but I
don’t think it’s appropriate to plaster the list with resumes.
However, the original posting you referred to bordered on illiterate
drivel.
Personally, I would make sure that such a posting was the most pristine
English
that I could make it. I can only imagine what his resume looked like,
and
fearing,
that I certainly wouldn’t hand it to my boss because of what his email
told
me.
He’s careless and or cannot write in the English language, and therefore
not
a
fitting candidate for my recommendation.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jaiswal, Niraj [mailto:xxxxx@netapp.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 5:09 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: different padding!!
My point was this mail is not a SPAM as this question has been
posted by a genuine person. Although unrelated to this list.
>> Based upon this post’s user name and coupled with the http:// at the
end
of
>> the post, I would say this borders on (if isn’t absolutely) a spam
message.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sander Pool [mailto:xxxxx@rhapsodynetworks.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 4:52 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: different padding!!
I hope that’s not considered to be a bad thing?
-----Original Message-----
From: Jaiswal, Niraj [mailto:xxxxx@netapp.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 4:27 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: different padding!!
This is the same guy looking for a job.
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