Customer vs Company

Retracile retracile at earthlink.net
Tue Apr 1 07:11:11 CST 2003


On Tuesday 01 April 2003 6:39 am, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 11:06:09PM -0500, Derek Atkins was heard to remark:
> > Retracile <retracile at earthlink.net> writes:
> > > My wife teaches private music lessons.  So all her customers are
> > > individuals, not companies.  Hmm, perhaps I should use the term
> > > 'client'?
> > > I can see vendors always being a company, if only a sole-propietorship.
> > >
> > > One of the things that bothers me is that you have to give a company
> > > name, and a contact name.  When dealing with an individual,
> >
> > Sorry, that's not going to change.
>
> If Eli is able to write new code, then maybe the following would be a
> reasonable compromise:
>
> -- add a 'style mode' to the preferences.
> -- change many occurrances of _("Company") to COMPANY_STR
> -- #define COMPANY_STR  (style==INDIV)? _("Company") : _("Client")
>
> There are some serious drawbacks (e.g. confusion in documentation &
> trnaslation) for having alternate labels for things. But its a thought ...

I'm trying to reduce confusion, not create more. :)  I'll cover some ideas in 
another email shortly.

Eli


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