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Re: translators

vadik@cs.huji.ac.il said:
> > It would be nice to get a few column inches in say, The Times, saying
> > 
> > Debian ... 200 volunteers who've mostly never met ... Internet ...
> > firewalls ... space shuttle ... freeware ... http://www.debian.org

> Remove the word "firewall", better say "webserver" or "website".  Or
> maybe one should add words like "security", "reliable" and
> "professional"? 

Definitely include webserver, or at least some reference to the World Wide Web.

I put Firewall in because it is one of the bits of jargon that the general press like to use without the slightest understanding of what it means.

I think a press release packed with buzzwords is what we're after, because the semi-techies that put those columns together, think it makes them look clever.

It ought to be possible to come up with some words that these people think ``clever'' enough to print, while still containing just enough information so that a real techie will be able to see through the bullshit to the real message.

With a bit of luck, the techno-babble will cause Win95 lusers to turn the page, so that when we're ready for them with Debian 2.0 we can do a ``Kiddies Guide to Operwating Systems'' for them.

Cheers, Phil.

P.S. sorry about the rampant prejudice,
     I just had an irritating support call :-(



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