Re: Philip Beadle's WISDOM

I meant to comment on the previous post about this new acronym. I think it will not become popular because 1st, it is too long, and 2nd, it is one of those forced acronyms where you fish for words just to come up with something cool, and WISDOM is not. If you have to give a big long explanation about what the acronym is then it is not a good acronym for your product/technology. I think is very lame.Sorry to burst your bubble, but I do care about DNN and I wouldn't want a lame label like WISDOM attached to it. Do I have another idea, no. But who said that it is needed??? DNN will continue to be a complex beast, if you sugar coat it too much for newbies they will eventually hit the proverbial fan when they start dealing with it. Something that would help newbies a lot more than a new acronym would be a reorganization and rewording of the DNN downloads site. I have also helped a lot of newbies that go download the source package because it "Contains everything", which is incorrect, and the description of the Install Package is so poorly worded. I, as well as many other senior contributors to the forums, have made this recommendation many times and it has never been done, something so simple. Therefore, newbies keep downloading the source package and trying to compile it to get started with DNN. No acronym is going to help in this situation.Regarding the connotation of the word "Nuke", give me a brake, that was marketing 101 in the 80's when people was still shocked about certain things but nowadays, in the Internet age, nobody really cares.And please don't classify people in just two groups, geeks or non-geeks, that is very short-sighted, offensive to the professionals that work with DNN, and just plain stupid. Carlos


Lorraine Says: Apologies for my humble opinion. I will do my best to follow the example of senior contributors like yourself and strive to be "less short-sighted, offensive and plain stupid" in the future. Sometimes newbies like me just don't get it hey!

Re: Philip Beadle's WISDOM

So Lorraine - are you trying to tell us that Phil is "wise".
Lorraine Says: Absolutely Charles! However since he is the father of my unborn child... I could be a tiny bit bias! Six weeks until D day. Wish me luck!

Re: Philip Beadle's WISDOM

I wonder what the problem with "WISDOM" should be. Too long? Gimme a break, it's just LAMP + 2 letters. "Not cool" - well, that's a matter of taste (I find it pretty cool). What's cool about "LAMP"? The technology behind WISDOM is a little more complex, so I don't think 2 extra letters will hurt. In other words: I simply don't share Carlos' opinion at all. It's an opinion, just like mine, nothing less, nothing more ;-)