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Last Wednesday 01 December 2004 22:19, Jan Depner was like:

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> > I agree this 'pro' term is nonsense. 'Professional' means you do it for a

> > living, people wrongly attach some judgement of quality to that. Being an

> > amateur means doing it for the love of it, which is a noble thing.

> > I think that's all of us isn't it?

>

>         Not for a living, just for money, although I do tend to agree that

> your definition makes more sense.  College athletes in the US are

> considered professional and barred from NCAA competition if they are paid

> for competing.  The judgment of quality is that the product is supposed to

> be good enough for professional use - which may or may not be the case.

Point taken.
cheers
tim hall

http://glastonburymusic.org.uk