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Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> écrit:

|  > The trend is considering that for international matters, choices
|  > should not always nor necessarily be American by default.
|  > [Implying gnus and other things could favor ISO 8601 better.]
| 
| True, but there's no reason to antagonize Americans on purpose, is there?
| The fact that Americans might be confused is a valid complaint, isn't it?

The purpose has never been to antagonize Americans, but to use
international dates rather than American dates in software meant to be
use all around the planet.  Software like Gnus, say! :-)

Complaints may be valid, of course, but they loose part of their validity
if they inhibit progress.  The fact that American dates are confusing or
not very acceptable in some countries is also a valid complaint, and this
latter complaint is more prone to triggering real progress.

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