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Watching the DW vs Tumblr terminology/functionality discussion makes me feel like I'm at work.
It's like trying to explain why System A does items 1-9, but not item 5 because the architecture simply isn't capable of that. However System B is insisting that it absolutely needs item 5 because they do Thing Alpha and Thing Beta which is the core of their system functionality, but what they call Thing Beta in System B is actually Thing Gamma in System A, because Thing Beta means another set of processes entirely in System A...
I mean, I get that people are attached to the terminology, function, and culture they're used to, but when in Rome, etc., etc.
It's like trying to explain why System A does items 1-9, but not item 5 because the architecture simply isn't capable of that. However System B is insisting that it absolutely needs item 5 because they do Thing Alpha and Thing Beta which is the core of their system functionality, but what they call Thing Beta in System B is actually Thing Gamma in System A, because Thing Beta means another set of processes entirely in System A...
I mean, I get that people are attached to the terminology, function, and culture they're used to, but when in Rome, etc., etc.