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echo: osdebate
to: Adam
from: Rich
date: 2006-07-03 22:50:42
subject: Re: Productizing

From: "Rich" 

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   Don't lie.  You understood the meaning of the English word.  Are you =
so insecure that this is the only way you have to feel better about = yourself?

Rich

  "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> =
wrote in message news:44a98591$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  Rich wrote:
  >    Obscure to whom?  Even you understood it?
  > =20


  I understand that the aim of the language is to obscure.

  Make up a word (or even a series of words), say it with authority &
  people will nod sagely & pretend to understand. It's a very old trick.
  It used to be referred to as pompo-verbosity

  Adam

  > Rich
  > =20
  >=20
  >     "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
  >     
field.near the =
bridge">
  >     wrote in message news:44a641eb{at}w3.nls.net...
  >     Rich wrote:
  >     >    I commented only on the incorrect and silly assertion that =
a
  >     > discussion of productizing technology is double speak.
  >     >=20
  >=20
  >     It is language designed to obscure.
  >=20
  >     It's to give people the feeling as they walk away that something =
is
  >     happening to WinFS & that they understand what that thing is =
where the
  >     truth is no where near that.
  >=20
  >     Adam
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  field.near the bridge"> wrote in message news:44a98591$1{at}w3.nls.net...Rich=20
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  >    
Adam

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