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Subject:Re: No users! From:David Dvorkin <DDvorkin -at- FRXSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 9 Feb 1999 09:26:47 -0700
> This is one of those silly questions, but I'm going to ask it
> anyway. The
> decision has already been made to no longer refer to the users of our
> software as "users"; now they are "clients".
It may be difficult to keep from confusing the readers (the users!) about
whether you're referring to "clients", the humans, and "clients", the
machines.
David Dvorkin
Documentation Lead
FRx Software Corporation mailto:ddvorkin -at- frxsoft -dot- com
303-741-8280
