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Subject:I need a word -Reply From:NANCY KAMINSKI <NKAMINS1 -at- FAIRVIEW -dot- ORG> Date:Mon, 18 Nov 1996 08:41:18 -0600
Sarah Perrault wrote:
"...Calling themselves the customer is plain silly...Basically, I am trying to
find a word that is a catch-all term for company, organization, division,
region, department... You get the picture..."
How about "user?"After all, they are using your product. Or what we
use in my business to refer to our IS customer, a hospital...we call it the
"entity."
Nancy Kaminski
Fairview Hospital and Healthcare Services
Minneapolis, MN
