The Cunctator wrote in part:
"user" connotes a producer-consumer relationship.
Whereas "editor" connotes stewardship, power, collaboration.
This may be the source of the conflict between the two groups. Because to me, "user" has no such unempowered connotation. As a user (not sysadmin) of the Unix system here at school, I expect (and get) input into how the system is run (requesting installations, reporting problems, etc -- and yes, even fixing things myself when I know how).
-- Toby