On 11/26/05, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <quote who="Richard M. Stallman"> > > Does "ISV" stand for "Independent Software Vendor"? If so, the term > > is often misleading, because the most important developers of GNOME > > applications--those developing free software--are mostly not vendors. > > We use the term interchangably with 'third party developers', and have made > that explicit in many cases when we talk about it. OOo and Firefox also fit > into this world view as 'third party developers' or ISVs.
Maybe we should just claim that we can't spell very well; ISV = "Third Party Developer". A whole new kind of a10n[1]. ;-) Cheers, Elijah [1] Hint at what a10n means here: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-love/2004-November/msg00006.html _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
