Re: "Rebranding" KDE PIM?

On Sunday 15 August 2010 12:18:59 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Thursday 12 August 2010, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Thursday, August 12, 2010, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> > > On Thursday 12 August 2010 01:03:22 Markus Slopianka wrote:
> > > > Personally, I see KDE PIM more as a work group and Kontact as the
> > > > product.
> > > 
> > > That's exactly what the KDE PIM community decided a couple of years
> > > ago. Kontact is the brand for the product used in external
> > > communication. KDE PIM is the name of the community creating
> > > Kontact.
> > 
> > and a very sensible position imho; now we just need to get rid of
> > references to "PIM" in the user interface and replace it with
> > something more user friendly like "groupware". (yes, not promo
> > related ... :)
> 
> As much as I agree in principle, I don't think that "groupware" is a
> suitable replacement because "groupware" is mostly irrelevant for home
> users. Unfortunately, I don't have a better idea. :/

I totally agree that "groupware" means nothing to most home users.  While we 
are thinking about this, it is already confusing that the PIM is called 
Kontact, while the Addressbook in the PIM is called Contacts.

PIM, or Personal Information Manager, became commonly used among office 
workers and businessmen  in the UK in the late 1980s, so I was surprised to 
hear that many people don't know the term.

Anne
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