Sander Devrieze;1603 Wrote: > > Neither "Jabber" not "XMPP" should be used IMHO. Let them use the term > "instant messaging", but make them *associate* the term "XMPP" with > "instant messaging". When people (both geeks and end users) see the > term "XMPP" and/or the logo on a website or in some software, they > should directly associate it with interoperability, open standard, > instant messaging, not getting locked in a walled garden, and so > forth. >
Hum... I would LOVE meet these kind of end users... But usually when they think this way, they are often no more simple end users. Most people don't really care about this, simply because they don't care about computers at all. Most common users don't see how freedom (because this is what open standard, interoperability, etc. is about) and computers can be associated, and even having anything in common... Computers are just tools for them... and I would have liked they were right. Computer should never have taken this much importance, in my opinion (but this is another discussion) so that we have to fight so much for fear of what you call "walled garden" (because we know how dangerous it can be, what most people don't). Anyway do you think that, when end users think about emails, the web (http/html), irc, etc. they associate this with interoperability and openess? Even a very big part (most?!) of people working with computers don't associate these! So the end users even less!!! So no I don't know what is the best way to do this all, and probably there are several ways. But this is most probably not one of them. Jehan -- Jehan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jehan's Profile: http://www.jabberforum.org/member.php?userid=16911 View this thread: http://www.jabberforum.org/showthread.php?t=375 _______________________________________________ JDev mailing list FAQ: http://www.jabber.org/discussion-lists/jdev-faq Forum: http://www.jabberforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=20 Info: http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________
