www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       06/08/09 05:13:36

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        Mention vacuity of "content management system".

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.57&r2=1.58

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.57
retrieving revision 1.58
diff -u -b -r1.57 -r1.58
--- words-to-avoid.html 7 Mar 2006 16:34:47 -0000       1.57
+++ words-to-avoid.html 9 Aug 2006 05:13:29 -0000       1.58
@@ -176,8 +176,15 @@
 they say) of the works.  The term "content" reveals what they really
 feel.</p>
 <p>
-As long as other people use the term "content provider", political
-dissidents can well call themselves "malcontent providers".</p>
+The term "content management" takes the prize for vacuity.  Neither
+word has any specific meaning; "content" means "some sort of
+information", and "management" in this context menas "doing something
+with it".  So a "content management system" is a system for doing
+something to some sort of information.</p>
+<p>
+However, as long as other people use the term "content provider",
+political dissidents can well call themselves "malcontent
+providers".</p>
 
 
 <h4>"<a href="words-to-avoid.html#TOCCreator"
@@ -522,7 +529,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2006/03/07 16:34:47 $ $Author: puigpe $
+$Date: 2006/08/09 05:13:29 $ $Author: rms $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>