vision creation - next step - first draft

Mark Kretschmann kretschmann at kde.org
Mon Mar 21 20:42:23 CET 2011


On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Lydia Pintscher <lydia at kde.org> wrote:
> Heya folks :)
>
> Valorie, Teo and I sat down to write the first draft for the vision
> based on the input we gathered on the wiki page and in the meeting.
> Now it's time to get feedback from all of you and polish it.
> What we have at the moment is:
>
> "The Amarok team strives to develop a free and open music player that
> is innovative and powerful, yet easy to use. Amarok helps rediscover
> music by giving access to a vast amount of different music sources and
> related information. In a world where music and computing are
> everywhere, Amarok aims to provide the best music listening experience
> anywhere, any time. The Amarok team promotes free culture. Amarok
> makes people happy."

Looks good to me.

One thing that I noticed while reading: It should be either "at any
time", or "anytime". While "any time" is grammatically correct too, my
impression is that this form isn't used much any more in contemporary
English.

Reference:
"anytime, adv., = at any time; whenever. Some writers consider this
term a CASUALISM, but it is highly convenient and has -- for whatever
reason -- gained more widespread acceptance than anymore (in positive
contexts) and anyplace. Garner's Modern American Usage"

-- 
Mark Kretschmann
Amarok Developer, Senior Software Engineer at Nokia
Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe
http://amarok.kde.org - http://fsfe.org - http://nokia.com


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