-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 02:02:40PM -0400, Samuel Klein wrote: >Docs that don't use familiar language can be a turnoff. 'User' is a >familiar nuisance. 'Supporter' might also be apporpriate, since some >people who follow and care about sugar do not use it day to day and >are passing on the opinions of others, or their observation of others.
I really like the term "Learners". It indicates awareness - active participation. The term "Users" to me is more related to "Consumers" (not the word itself, but its use in my part of the world). I agree that there are others involved in Sugar than Developers and Learners. But as I see it, the examples raised - Supporters - are not Users either :-P I do not consider myself a Sugar Developer, and not a Sugar Learner. I consider myself a Sugar Packager and (as representative of Debian) a Sugar Distributor. Oh, and while we are at it: I suggest calling it "Authors" instead of "Developers". Developers tend to emphasize the techies which is quite unfair especially to a project like Sugar: Authors include both code Programmers, graphics/interface Designers and content Writers/Composers/Illustrators. Authors → Packagers → Distributors → Deployers → Administrators → Learners (arrgh - too long to fit a single line :-( ) ...and alongside all of those are Supporters, which includes Fundraisers, Managers and Inspirators. Regards, - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREDAAYFAkocPTUACgkQn7DbMsAkQLi7KQCbBmbcmluM+mhpsuvgJ08Y1sZj qeYAn0XIRmdYBgphUFuwQC9aKBg1RnlI =+yH1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
