From: hugybear@gmx.net   
      
   On 23.11.25 17:23, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > Jörg Lorenz  wrote:   
   >> On 23.11.25 16:00, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >>>     In the snipped part, I pointed to Internet Standards such as e-mail,   
   >>> web, etc.. I take it you don't care about such matters? :-(   
   >>   
   >> Instant messengers are all proprietary.   
   >> The only independent and global standard is e-mail and hopefully with   
   >> OpenPGP-encryption.   
   >   
   >    Well, as I mentioned, there is an Internet Standard for IM (XMPP), but   
   > it's indeed a niche.   
   >   
   >>>     "Anglo-Saxons"!?   
   >>   
   >> If you prefer: English-speaking folks.   
   >   
   >    That's better, because to be Anglo-Saxon, you have to live in Britain.   
   >   
   >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons   
   >   
   > "In modern times, the term "Anglo-Saxons" is used by scholars to refer   
   >   collectively to the Old English speaking groups in Britain."   
      
   In modern times it describes all native English-Speakers around the   
   globe with the historic roots in the United Kingdom: Canadians,   
   US-Americans, South Africans, Australians etc.   
      
      
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