[Sugar-devel] Naming of XS host (was: Re: Local static page, final call for edits)

[Jonas Smedegaard]

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On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 06:08:09PM -0400, Caroline Meeks wrote:
>Schoolserver is a bit long.  But it does seem descriptive to me. Am I 
>missing something about the metaphorical level discussion? Its the 
>server that lives at the school right?

>How about "Neighborhood Server" as its what powers your neighborhood 
>view?

I like calling it just "school". I believe "school" is metaphorically 
exactly what you describe as "neighborhood", Caroline: The nearby 
location where learning experiences most often takes place.

To elaborate a bit: At first I thought "no, a school is an institution" 
but that's my narrow use of the word which is broken, not the word 
itself, I believe.  As a kid I did not think of school as an 
institution, that came later. Back then it was an integral part of my 
life - the place I went to for education.


Just as activities technically are "applications" or "programs" but not 
promoted as such, the "school" makes sense to not advertise as a 
"server": From a user perspective it is really irrelevant if it is one 
server or a cloud of services or an integral part of the internet.


Kind regards,

  - Jonas

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