<div dir="ltr">Hi Oliver,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 4:07 AM, Oliver Grawert <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ogra@ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ogra@ubuntu.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">does it actually matter what *we* use ? its the slang of the android<br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">kids, it is what they know and will use when talking about the topic of </blockquote><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">installing local packages,</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><div>The terminology we use for our conversations absolutely matters. The problem is precisely that people using "sideloaded" today already have a clear picture in mind of what it means, and when you have richer semantics that don't match what they mean, using the term does more damage than it helps.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Speaking of terminology, it also feels a bit awkward to be talking about Android developers as "kids". I know you mean it well, but it's derogatory.</div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">no matter what we say in our marketing docs<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is not about marketing. It's about what we talk on our daily conversations.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
i dont mind changing it in docs or watching my personal language to not<br>
use it if we decide on a term, but i doubt the crowd will follow if you<br>
dont find a term that feels like a natural replacement for them...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In my experience terminology used daily by the larger development group always ends up being used everywhere. Both the good terminology and the bad one.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>gustavo @ <a href="http://niemeyer.net" target="_blank">http://niemeyer.net</a></div>
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