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List:       kde-debian
Subject:    Re: we need a name and a homepage ! who volunteers ?
From:       Simon Edwards <simon () simonzone ! com>
Date:       2004-01-27 22:38:42
Message-ID: 200401272334.06365.simon () simonzone ! com
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:04 pm, Mark Bucciarelli wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 January 2004 5:41 pm, Simon Edwards wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 08:27 pm, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > > I also think we shouldn't start using the word "enterprise" in our
> > > official name before we have some really impressing stuff.
> >
> > Personally I'm not so keen on using the word 'enterprise' too often. Sure,
> > businesses would be the first group to adopt and use the kinds of
> > improvements that we are working on. But really it comes down to making a
> > complete and highly usable desktop computer system. I find the word
> > 'enterprise' _too_ business oriented.
> The title of Navindra's paper is "Conquering the Enterprise Desktop."  This 
> whitepaper is what people signed, and I think we should use this as our 
> overall design doc.  It's the doc that galvanized support and brought us all 
> together.

True, but... :)  But different people support this to different reasons. Some 
are more business oriented, others see this as more as "linux on the 
desktop", and not just the business desktop. I'm just saying that keeping it 
so focused on 'the enterprise' kind of limits the scoop a bit. I'd like to 
see this stuff used in government, schools (Skole linux!) and at home.

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