"BASIC English" vs. natural languages

I will add, however, to Jim's "why English" that English does dominate the computer world. When a Russian talks about his web presence, it seem that he uses the word "Sait" (Is the mailing list software is capable of Cyrillic characters?). I once had a little green book for IBM employees in Japan. It seemed that much of the computer vocabulary was simply transliterated English (spelled in Katakana). I don't know if it's true any longer, but there was a time when a college chemistry major was required to learn German, as that country once held a commanding lead in the field.. All of this is completely ignoring the silly attempts of L'Acad?mie fran?aise to " frenchify" computer terminology. Do the francophone Quebecers follow the guidelines for computer technology set down by L'Acad?mie? Do Frenchmen? --Chuck