On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:29:45 +0100, Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On 14 Apr 2006, Thiemo Seufer told this: >> >> > Ognyan Kulev wrote: >> >> Hamish Moffatt wrote: >> >>> "HAM" is not an acronym, so "Ham Radio" would be more appropriate. >> >>> >> >>> Even better (IMHO) is the full term "Amateur Radio", but some may >> >>> disagree. I've CC'd debian-hams for their input also. >> >> >> >> Is there a problem with using "Amateur (Ham) Radio"? >> > >> > It is unnecessarily complicated. >> >> Do we really want to cater to people who are thrown off by >> "(Ham)"? > >Yes. Debian shouldn't be the Linux Distribution of Cryptic Acronyms.
Actually, the word Ham is nowadays being used as the opposite of Spam, "good, wanted" E-mail. I'm all for removing the misleading, outdated expression for amateur radio. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
