Re: [Off Topic] Words to Avoid "Vendor" [was Re: Questions to answer]

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Vincent Untz wrote:

> [I removed all the cc]
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> On dim, 2005-11-27 at 13:48 +0100, Murray Cumming wrote:
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> > On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 10:48 +0000, Bill Haneman wrote:
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> > > Nearly - though any new acronym can obfuscate.  For that reason, I'd 
> > > suggest going with "ISD", because of its similarity to the familiar 
> > > "ISV", at least the reader may clue in by association and context.  
> > > [Sort of like URL vs URI...]
> > >      
> > Erm, what's wrong with "developer" or "software developer"? If I wanted
> > your attention I wouldn't start addressing you by some new
> > unrecognizable name.
> >    
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> I think Murray is right. Do we really need a new abbreviation? If we
> don't want to use ISV anymore, why not use "developer" or a similar
> expression?
>  
A previous email in this thread explained why, I believe.  'Developer' 
fails to make the point that the developers referred to are not 
(necessarily) the developers creating Gnome, i.e. not "Gnome developers" 
in that sense.

I DO think there are contexts in which this distinction is important, 
i.e. the contexts where we now use "ISV".

Bill

> Vincent
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