Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Hi Again, > > Douglas has a good point... if you are a Linux developer. However, if > our target end users are to come from the education community, it is > very doubtful that they will be familiar with publications such as the > excellent one he references. Having many different names for different > versions of Sugar on a usb stick will only confuse them. This seems a > place where the good old KISS principle should apply.
Caryl, your point is valid and not unexpected. However without references to more mainstream press which supports your assertion that 'sugar on a stick' is more a general term than a specific one, I remain unpersuaded by your argument. Actually, I think the phrase you used 'sugar on a usb stick' is the defacto general term, as no project has used that phrase for a specific piece/collection of software. And as a general name, similar to 'linux on a usb stick', I think it inevitable and expected that there would be many names, which would serve to alleviate confusion and not cause it. I.e. 'ubuntu linux on a usb stick' and 'fedora linux on a usb stick'. Again, if history were different, or if articles/press that you refer me to revise my understanding of history, I would not be surprised to see the phrase 'sugar on a stick' emerge as a general term. But from my limited vantage point (and I get the impression I am on the side of consensus here), that is not what happened. -dmc P.S. my apologies for not being subscribed to the marketing list and thus able to easily post there as well. _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
