www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       08/06/10 18:45:15

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

Log message:
        add Photoshop (#364005) and PowerPoint (rms)

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.92&r2=1.93

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.92
retrieving revision 1.93
diff -u -b -r1.92 -r1.93
--- words-to-avoid.html 26 Apr 2008 13:37:17 -0000      1.92
+++ words-to-avoid.html 10 Jun 2008 18:44:30 -0000      1.93
@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@
        name="TOCOpen">Open</a>&rdquo;
 | &ldquo;<a href="words-to-avoid.html#PC"
        name="TOCPC">PC</a>&rdquo;
+| &ldquo;<a href="words-to-avoid.html#Photoshop"
+       name="TOCPC">Photoshop</a>&rdquo;
 | &ldquo;<a href="words-to-avoid.html#Piracy"
        name="TOCPiracy">Piracy</a>&rdquo;
+| &ldquo;<a href="words-to-avoid.html#PowerPoint"
+       name="TOCPC">PowerPoint</a>&rdquo;
 | &ldquo;<a href="words-to-avoid.html#Protection"
        name="TOCProtection">Protection</a>&rdquo;
 | &ldquo;<a href="words-to-avoid.html#RAND"
@@ -431,6 +435,15 @@
 install GNU/Linux on the same computer, it is still a PC.</p>
 
 
+<h4 id="Photoshop">&ldquo;Photoshop&rdquo;</h4>
+<p>
+Please avoid using the term &ldquo;Photoshop&rdquo; as a verb, meaning
+any kind of photo manipulation or image editing in general.  Photoshop
+is just the name of one particular proprietary image editing program, and
+there are plenty of free alternatives, such as <a
+href="/software/gimp">GIMP</a>.</p>
+
+
 <h4 id="Piracy">&ldquo;Piracy&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 Publishers often refer to prohibited copying as &ldquo;piracy.&rdquo;
@@ -446,6 +459,15 @@
 &ldquo;sharing information with your neighbor.&rdquo;</p>
 
 
+<h4 id="PowerPoint">&ldquo;Powerpoint&rdquo;</h4>
+<p>
+Please avoid using the term &ldquo;PowerPoint&rdquo; to mean any kind of
+slide presentation.  PowerPoint is just the name of one particular
+proprietary program to make presentations, and there are plenty of free
+alternatives, such as the <tt>beamer</tt> class available with any
+(La)TeX distribution.</p>
+
+
 <h4 id="Protection">&ldquo;Protection&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 Publishers' lawyers love to use the term &ldquo;protection&rdquo; to
@@ -615,7 +637,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/04/26 13:37:17 $
+$Date: 2008/06/10 18:44:30 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>