Re: Canon printer minor quibble
On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 17:00:02 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 03:49:23PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> > "CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by
> > Apple Inc. for macOS® and other UNIX®-like operating systems."
> >
> > which is stretching the truth IMHO, given the normal meaning of "for",
> > "and", and "other", written in that order. Calling it "Common UNIX
> > Printing System" would blow that out of the water.
>
> Their use of "developed by" is rather jaw-dropping as well. Perhaps
> they mean it in the sense of "maintained by", but I think most people
No, they mean "developed by...".
> would read it as "created by" which is blatantly untrue.
Most people have an understanding of language (which you appear to lack)
and would read it as "developed by...".
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Brian.
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