pro and hobbyist --- a distinction without merit

Judy Perry jperryl at ecs.fullerton.edu
Fri Dec 2 14:49:46 EST 2005


Dan,

I also have felt uncomfortable whenever the "H" word is used, because it
unfortunately does take on a disparaging tone.

But, as you know, I read and enjoyed your white paper and appreciate the
usage of your coined term of 'inventive user' and thank you for it.

And the other fellow who chimed in on CS departments being kinda snobbish
about higher-level languages, I have to concur as I've seen it in my own
department.

Judy

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Dan Shafer wrote:

> I don't use the word "hobbyist" because I think that narrows the space too
> much. I coined the term "Inventive User" several years ago to describe this
> type of user. There are clear and important differences between professional
> programmers and inventive users and none of them relates to your response to
> the distinction.
>
> Check out http://www.revolutionpros.com and click on the "Views" link to
> read a detailed report I wrote on this subject a few years ago for a client
> and which I think applies quite clearly to RunRev in its present situation.




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