opinions on very long term storage and references from Google search

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Mon May 17 14:12:16 2004

> >> In a hundred years the world will be speaking and writing Hindu or
> >> whatever dialect is popular in China and India

On Mon, 17 May 2004, Paul Koning wrote:
> Correct -- English is, by far, the most widely understood language in
> the world. (In other words, counting both first and second language
> skills.)

English is, indeed, the CURRENT Linqua Franca.

I agree that it will likely take more than "a hundred years" for that to
change, but NOT that it can't change.
Received on Mon May 17 2004 - 14:12:16 BST