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Subject:Re: is "technologies" a word? From:Steven Brown <stevenabrown -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:52:09 -0700 (PDT)
Well, a Google of "technologies" found about
803,000,000 hits. So sure, I'd use it.
Steven Brown
--- Kevin McGowan <thatguy_80 -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi everyone...
>
> Just had an interesting discussion with a developer
> about a marketing blurb.
> The title says "Our technology" and the text goes
> into discussion of all the
> various "technologies" involved in the "product
> solution."
>
> He asked me if "technologies" is really a word...and
> I said I think so...but
> it's probably not the best word we could use. After
> all, a lighter is a
> "technology" but we're talking about software, and
> probably want something
> more specific.
>
> Just curious if y'all find the word "technologies"
> useful or useless.
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