Re: [rrg] Terminology

RJ Atkinson <rja.lists@gmail.com> Thu, 04 February 2010 13:33 UTC

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On 03  Feb 2010, at 18:50 , Noel Chiappa wrote:
> ...[the term CEE/CES] tells you whether one needs to modify hosts or not.

I don't believe that is necessarily true.  Others seem to agree with me.

If one means precisely that "host changes are required", then one ought to say 
"host changes are required", rather than invent confusing new terminology.

Yours,

Ran