[thelist] question - homepage? webpage? website

[Magnus Østergaard]

alpha at student.uci.agh.edu.pl wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 12:24:20AM -0000, PhilParker.DNS wrote:
> > Yeah, that pretty much covers it, although 'homepages' can mean web
> > pages/sites that amatuers have done at home (typically found on
> 
> Why 'amateurs'? I think many evolters have their own homepage, and
> they could be offended if you call them 'amateurs'. Indeed I've seen
> some brilliant homepages.

<rant>
I've decided that 2002 is going to be the year I fight the abuse of the
words 'amateur' & 'professional'. I gave up on Hackers vs. Crackers in
2000 ;-)
</rant>

The word amateur, comes from the word amore ie. love. To be an amateure
means you do something for the love of it, the  word used to, I say
still does, indicates (in a perfect world) that one does not recive
money for the work. The only reward is feeling good, joy, respect by
others?

A professionel, is a person which has made a living doing something,
others pay him/her to do. Enough to make a living.

Non of the words have any quality value. One often assumes that since a
professional does something for a living, while the amateure does'nt.
The Pro does a better job.

Why is this a bad assumtion? Well as you mention yourself, when the Pro
works on his personal project, why would he do a worse job? And there is
nothing saying the amatuere might be so good, that he/she could support
him/herself doing the work fulltime.

So I ask everyone, please stop using the word amateure as something bad,
or degrading. The propper way IMHO is to only use the words Pro/Am. to
describe if money has changed hands. They do not by them self state
quality.

> IMHO 'personal website' could be better
> definition for 'homepage' in this context.

Makes it more clear who is doing it, still has nothing to do with
quality.


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Magnus Østergaard