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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Re: [dot-editors] DRAFT(s) KOffice 1.3
From:       Andreas Pour <pour () mieterra ! com>
Date:       2003-12-17 14:56:41
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Hi,

In the US the "PC" (or, perhaps less sarcastically ;-), "universal" and
"professional") term is "Holiday Season".

As Christmas is only a 1-day (2 if you count the Eve) holiday (unlike, say,
Ramadan) and the reason for the length of the business-interruption in modern
predominantly-Christian countries (and why "Holiday Season" is probably a better
term anyway) is the close coincidence of the Christmas and New Year
celebrations, resulting in the merger of those Holidays (if you take just a few
days vacation from work you can take a 2-week trip, for example, and this
results in the heavy travel at this time of year).

So - I would suggest "New Year Preview" (disadvantage is that New Year is even
further in the future) or "Holiday Season Preview".

Ciao,

Dre



Waldo Bastian wrote:
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> On Wed December 17 2003 15:32, Andreas Pour wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The use of "Christmas" - or tieing software to a religion - IMO does not
> > have any advantage over a term like "Holidays" and may actually alienate a
> > large number of people and/or decision-makers who prefer a religion-neutral
> > desktop.
> 
> "KOffice 1.3 Holidays Preview announcement" ?
> 
> I associate "Holidays" with a 10 day stay at the Baja-Inn in Mallorca, not
> with Christmas. Do you have a politically correct festive suggestion?
> 
> Cheers,
> Waldo
 
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