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Re: CeBIT importance?
by Allan on Wednesday 12/Mar/2008, @02:07

Then there is the issue that so many things at CeBIT are in German only. It gives the fair a really provincial and small town feel.

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Re: CeBIT importance?
by Moritz Moeller-Herrmann on Thursday 13/Mar/2008, @04:31

Germany is by far the most important market in Europe (80 million inhabitants) and the fair is in Germany. In addition, all Austrians speak German, as well as a large part of the Swiss (and a minute portion of the Belgians). It is actually the most common native language in Europe. Why would some things not be done German in Germany? Unless you want to address customers who do not speak foreign languages, it makes sense to use the language that one knows best.

I assume you speak fluent German, so this article may interest you: Porsche has a strict German-only policy internally:
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/artikel/331/162877/

Or is your comment only reflecting your small town inability to speak any language besides that strange melange between Romanic and Germanic without a proper grammar, that seems to have become the new lingua franca (how ironic).

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Re: CeBIT importance?
by Tom on Thursday 13/Mar/2008, @07:34

Pretty funny, coming from a German, very impartial opinion, congratulations!

But yes, I really thought it was quite rude to have it all in German, even though, yes, I speak German and am married to a Swiss-German person.

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Re: CeBIT importance?
by MichaelSD on Sunday 23/Mar/2008, @14:12

So? Who cares what Porsche does? Besides, Germany dwarves in comparison to the rest of Europe.

And yes, I expect my fellow Germans to speak English at an international IT exhibition.

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