�� 2003-08-09 02:31:00 ����� >I think coming up with a new adjective that starts with 'H' is extremelyof you ? >Could you tell me ? Thanks~~ >silly. Its taking our marketing to a new low. I don't think we are on the >lips of non-technical people. They don't discuss using us during happy hour. >Conversations go more like this... "What's that geek Bob using to meet our >deadline again? Apache something or other." Worst case they use the acronym >"POI". When HSSF is brought up in a meetings people aren't like "We are >using the Horrible Spreadsheet Format Library" or "The Horrible Spreadsheet >Format API is helping us meet our requirements". They use the acronym >instead and its probably forgotten 7 milliseconds later. Most >marketing/manager types only care that they have a task/requirement that is >met. > >Another objection is based on principle. I already have to sacrifice my >sense of humor at work when it comes to stuff like this. Why do it for >something most of us work on in our spare time. We shouldn't take ourselves >so seriously that we lose a sense of humor. > >Ryan > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Michael Zalewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "POI Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 6:04 PM >Subject: RE: (re)branding... Re: cvs >commit:jakarta-poi/src/documentation/content/xdocs/hpsf internals.xml > > >> I like 'hacked' and I like 'humble' >> >> Since this is for marketing types, I propose 'happy' :) >> >> Michael Zalewski >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rainer Klute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 2:10 PM >> To: POI Developers List; Ryan Ackley >> Cc: Rainer Klute >> Subject: Re: (re)branding... Re: cvs >> commit:jakarta-poi/src/documentation/content/xdocs/hpsf internals.xml >> >> Hm, still not "professional". I think I'll browse my Oxford Dictionary. >> >> "Ryan Ackley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >I like it >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "Serge Huber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >To: "POI Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:02 AM >> >Subject: Re: (re)branding... Re: cvs >> >commit:jakarta-poi/src/documentation/content/xdocs/hpsf internals.xml >> > >> > >> > >> >How about "Hacked" ? >> > >> >cheers, >> > Serge... >> > >> >At 02:29 PM 8/8/2003 +0200, you wrote: >> >> > Humble .. *IMHO* ;-) >> >> >> >>"Holistic" - doesn't mean anything but sounds, er, professional. >> >> >> >>Best regards >> >>Rainer Klute >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi >> The Apache Jakarta POI Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi >The Apache Jakarta POI Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ > > mqg
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