On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:20:53 +1000 (Subject: Re: xmlbeans project) Berin Lautenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: > > The only one thing I felt something out of joint is > > usage of the term, "Shepherd". > > > > In the *real* business world, the role of "Shepherd" would > > be called as the role of "Mentor". > > > > The word "Mentor" was (originally) derived from Greek Myth > > (Mentor was a good teacher of Odysseus' children), however, > > it is used to indicate "Good Teacher", "Precursor", "Senior" > > , "Mental Supporter" etc. > > > > I prefer to use this term, "Mentor". > > e.g. the ASF mentoring member > > :>. Shepherd also has implications of a protector who provides all, > which is not quite what I think the role is about. I did not know that Shepherd also could imply the protector... like "Angel" :D # The term "Angel" is also used in the INCUBATION process in # the *real* business world... e.g. Venture Angel > Happy to change the term in the doc if people think it should be > changed, but it seems to be fairly consistently used? i'm [+1] :D -- Tetsuya ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
