Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Darren J Moffat <Darren.Moffat at sun.com> wrote:
>
>> The architecture I have no issues with. The terminology I have serious
>> issues with.
>>
>> "Workstation" could to some people imply a difference between laptop,
>> desktop, workstation, server. Best not to use that term since what
>> "type" of hardware the machine is or what "function" it servers isn't
>> relevant here.
>>
>> "Owner" is even worse it isn't the person that legally owns the system.
>
> This is a deficite of the English language ;-)
>
> In German we have
>
> Besitzer The person who currently has an object in his disposal
> (the name is drived from "to sit on something").
>
> Eigent?mer The person who legally owns an object
>
> Hope this helps for english people fo find a better term.....
>
In English we have the legal term "tenant in possession" which sounds
approximately equivalent to Besitzer, but it's not common in everyday
speech.
Actually, Console User seems fine to me. I don't think there is a
problem with granting rights to someone who is "just" a user.
Scott
