Quoting Stefano Canepa (sc@linux.it): > The shortest summery is: computer are not polite. In the case of "tu" vs "vous" (in French) I would rather say : computers are not familiar..:-) And, btw, french Debian *is* polite ("Veuillez faire ceci", "Veuillez faire cela"......or "Please do this" or "Lease do that" instead of imperative form "Do this")