[BALUG-Talk] Linux references in an essay

[Rick Moen]

Quoting jim (jim at well.com):

> "...for knowledgeable users, in opposition to 
> Apple's Mac OS..." seems incorrect as a matter 
> of fact. instead of "in opposition to" you 
> probably mean "in comparison with". 

Being francophone (as it turns out), Baptiste probably meant "in
contrast with", but lunged for a noun with the wrong connotations.

(Sorry, Baptiste, it's English and therefore not systemically logical.)


> note your question, "is it right to say opening 
> their sources" has a problem: "their". the "it" 
> references "google", which is a single company, 
> so your question should be written "is it right 
> to say opening its sources", to use "its", which 
> is singular, rather than "their", which is plural 
> (google is one company, singular). 

Your American bias is showing.  In _most_ of the English-speaking world,
companies are construed as plural.  ("Lloyds Bank have accounced their
quarterly results.")