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Subject:Re: Alternatives to "user" From:"Ruth E. Kiner" <KINERCRE -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 10 Jan 1995 22:36:09 -0500
> Arthur Comings wrote
> I'm using "users" or "end users" in my first rough drafts, but I wish I
> had a word better than that -- one which implies "the people, trained
> in a specific discipline, who are ultimately using this software to do
> their jobs more efficiently" -- as opposed to the clerks and
> administrators.
> Any ideas?
As much as possible, we use "you"; it is personal and fits any job
description 'you' like.
Ruth Kiner
NYS Office of OMRDD/ISS
Kinercre -at- AOL -dot- com
