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Re: is "technologies" a word?

Subject: Re: is "technologies" a word?
From: "Fred Ridder" <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:18:44 -0400


Do you really think that anything said in a forum like this will
have the slightest effect on what marketeers write? I'm not
sure that anything said here has much of an effect on other
members of this list, and I'm certain it has no effect on the
outside world.

My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel
Fred Ridder
Intel
Parsippany, NJ


From: Alessandro Ansa <alessandro -dot- ansa -at- gmail -dot- com>
Subject: Re: is "technologies" a word?
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:01:04 +0100


> Buzzwords are silly by definition, but any attempt to combat them is
> even sillier. You can't stop them, and they die off quickly on their
> own. They should be avoided if you care about precision or freshness in
> your language, but any greater reaction to them is more than they're
> worth.

I still think someone's got to say something when useful words like
technology, solution, architecture losing their meaning as marketeers
randomly insert them in their blurbs simply to create a general
impression of sophistication. As you said, the buzzword dies quickly,
but do we really want words like technology to become buzzwords?

take it easy,
Alessandro


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