EU puts funds toward global research on open source (News.com)
Posted Jun 6, 2005 3:21 UTC (Mon) by
del (subscriber, #380)
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EU puts funds toward global research on open source (News.com) by ultrotter
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EU puts funds toward global research on open source (News.com)
Europeans use the period to group numbers where we use the comma. Likewise, the Europeans use a comma for the radix where we use the period. So in Europe 1.234,56 is 1,234.56 to us. Using the European format was a great way to keep other people's mitts off my calculator in college!
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