On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 09:38:35AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] in my vocabulary "not-for-profit business" is an oxymoron? > > OK. So, for example, http://www.createuk.com/ isn't a business to you?
"CREATE is a charity and social business based in Speke in Liverpool." No, doesn't look like a business to me. They seem to use the term "social business" throughout, which is not a term I've ever heard in en_US, and in any case *they* seem to think it's important enough of a distinction that they never refer to themselves as a plain "business", always as a *social* business. > If not, I think your definition is a bit unusual. I think my definition is the standard one in en_US. Thus, I think it would be in the interest of clear communication to avoid use of the word "business" here when referring to not-for-profit organizations. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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