Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact general-help@xml.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list general@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 82397 invoked from network); 21 Apr 2000 15:05:03 -0000 Received: from mailhost.capecod.net (204.255.214.21) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 21 Apr 2000 15:05:03 -0000 Received: from bulldog (cbrg1123.capecod.net [63.211.188.107]) by mailhost.capecod.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-6) with SMTP id LAA09750 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:04:56 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: mailhost.capecod.net: Host cbrg1123.capecod.net [63.211.188.107] claimed to be bulldog Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20000421105729.0088b900@capecod.net> X-Sender: dan@capecod.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 10:57:29 -0400 To: general@xml.apache.org From: Dan Palanza Subject: Re: Jobtitle In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.20000421102508.0086f2a0@capecod.net> <3.0.5.32.20000421102508.0086f2a0@capecod.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote: >And that's exactly why it's the wrong word. I don't want to coopt an >existing word. I want to coin (or really borrow from another >language) a new one. We do have new jobs that didn't exist 60 years >ago. We need new words to describe them. Interesting analysis. I wonder how much time you have put into studying the nature of work 60 years ago. Having been alive then, I can tell you from my personal observations that the nature of the work has changed very little. What has changed considerably is the speed with which the work can now be communicated. It may surprise you to know that systems and language design has been extremely important work issues throughout the history of human culture. Your approach in this context reminds me of the old expression that those who ignore history are destined to re-live it. Dan