>The connotations of "exploitation" aren't necessarily pejorative. I didn't
>even consider "utilization" so it wasn't a choice.
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>I think the negatives are in your head, not in my words.
Webster's Encyclopedic Dictonary:
*exploitation*, (noun) Utilization; the successful application of industry
on any object, as in the cultivation of land, the working of mines, etc.;
now, esp., selfish or unfair utilization.
-Prof. Tim