On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 5:19 PM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I meant no disrespect for the EOL suggestion, and I'm sure those who initially agreed with it meant no disrespect either. It literally means "End of Life." Calling it cold or insensitive is a matter of perception. When our precious computer systems eventually reach their EOL, do we forget about them? No. We remember all the best of what they did and we pass that information on to a younger generation of computers to carry on that knowledge and purpose. It doesn't invalidate anything the former computer has done.
I don't think anyone who made suggestions meant any disrespect. I'm sorry if I have that impression, I didn't mean to. I think many of the ideas work for us, but I think a family member would more accept "logged off" as that is what people do, versus End of Line, or End of Life which is what we apply to computers I just think we should distinguish the people from the computers or programs. That's all Again I'm sorry if I insulated anyone