On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:23:55 +0900 "Stephen J. Turnbull" <step...@xemacs.org> wrote: > Antoine Pitrou writes: > > > I sincerely hope we don't start using the word "professional" to denote > > "careful" or "good quality". > > No, by "professional" I mean "of a profession," which is a service > that is provided by experts to laymen, and therefore demands adherence > to certain standards since the clients are not able to judge the > product for themselves, but in general must trust the vendor. The > care and good quality proceed from the commitment of the professional.
I see. But the "experts" are not necessarily vendors (we aren't), and our users aren't "clients". Besides, we are not merely providing a service, we are building a community where everyone can take part in the shared work, thereby blurring the barrier between "experts" and "laymen". Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
