On 2006-01-19 20:41:20 -0600, David Eisenstein wrote: > I'm going to step into this discussion with a point that some non-USA > folks here may not realize. In my midwestern United States dialect, the > word "maintenance" generally has connotations that make it rather less > than glamorous.
Yes, maintenance isn't glamourous, but it's necessary.
> When you hear about "building maintenance," that usually
> means the custodian or janitorial staff for the building or campus. To
> me, calling our project a "Community Maintenance Project" sort of has the
> connotation of "software janitor project," or "package housekeeper
> project," or "security roto-rooter project."
In a recent survey "are these professions important for Austria?"
cleaning staff was ranked before IT professionals, so maybe the "fedora
janitor project" wouldn't be that bad :-)
hp
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