Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/21

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Subject: Re: Leica M: object of desire?
From: "Roger Beamon" <beamon@primenet.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 18:09:07 -700

Thus spake Henry Chu on 21 Feb 97:

> Roger,
> 
> Unlikely.  Chinese, like French (for different reasons), is much too
> cumbersome to adapt to technical innovations and new inventions that
> the world seems to be spitting out daily.  English is imminently
> adaptable and will probably the technical language of choice for
> some time to come.  (You should try to type a letter in Chinese on
> the computer.)
> 
> Henry

Donno, Henry. Where there's a will, a market and technology to 
sell, there might be a way. The language might have to evolve and 
adapt, itself, a bit. I'm not talking about the next 100 years.
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Roger