Adrian: Yes, the leader should only exercise their
power when necessary, most things should go by the
way of direct democracy.
Anthony: Or on little things. Things such as making
minor bugfixes to the code, checking in other's
bugfixes, rejecting buggy code (or worse, stuff that
does
Anthony: Crystal ball, no doubt. I don't see how one can. Yes, we can all
be fairly sure that Alain does not just want to abscond with
a MetaCard licence -- after all, he was here before the offer.
But if John Doe comes in tommorow and asks, how do we decide?
Rob: I can
Kurt Kaufman : I'm new to this list ...
Alain : Welcome Kurt.
Kurt Kaufman : ...and am wondering where I might find some information
concerning the purpose and goals of the "OpenTalk" project, and some
specifics as to how the project is to be created.
Alain : For now, everything is informal.
If I recall correctly, there was some earlier
discussion about targeting a vote for 8 May. I will
be leaving for SoCal at 6:00AM PDT tomorrow, and
won't return until late Tuesday (the 12th). I won't
be checking mail while I'm away.
Alain : What shall we do about situations like these, in
Anthony: For say $20, one could get an OpenCard
"suite" that would have stacks for certain tasks
included. Yes, one could go download the stacks, but
then one would have to find them first. And we all
know that finding time+downloading time over a modem
can be quite long.
Alain : You're
Michael Fair : In my searching for this list I was looking for
references to OpenCard and OpenTalk. I eventually discovered that
OpenTalk is a registered trademark of someone else.
Alain : We aware of the fact that OpenCard is a registered name. I have
taken to calling it OODL instead.
Michael
Michael Fair : What is the collaboration piece?
Alain : To achieve our aim to have a new HyperCard-like program
(OpenCard), with a insanely easy but powerful scripting language
(xTalk), fully-equipped with pre-scripted end-user solutions and
development tools (UFP) ... to achieve all of this,
