[IAEP] [Marketing] idea for consolidated Sugar feedback + a new name for our "users"

[Jonas Smedegaard]

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On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 02:02:40PM -0400, Samuel Klein wrote:
>Docs that don't use familiar language can be a turnoff.  'User' is a
>familiar nuisance.  'Supporter' might also be apporpriate, since some
>people who follow and care about sugar do not use it day to day and
>are passing on the opinions of others, or their observation of others.

I really like the term "Learners".  It indicates awareness - active 
participation.  The term "Users" to me is more related to "Consumers" 
(not the word itself, but its use in my part of the world).

I agree that there are others involved in Sugar than Developers and 
Learners.  But as I see it, the examples raised - Supporters - are not 
Users either :-P

I do not consider myself a Sugar Developer, and not a Sugar Learner.  I 
consider myself a Sugar Packager and (as representative of Debian) a 
Sugar Distributor.


Oh, and while we are at it: I suggest calling it "Authors" instead of 
"Developers".  Developers tend to emphasize the techies which is quite 
unfair especially to a project like Sugar: Authors include both code 
Programmers, graphics/interface Designers and content 
Writers/Composers/Illustrators.


Authors → Packagers → Distributors → Deployers → Administrators → 
Learners

(arrgh - too long to fit a single line :-( )

...and alongside all of those are Supporters, which includes 
Fundraisers, Managers and Inspirators.


Regards,

  - Jonas

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