>FreeCard <http://www.freecard.at/>
> <http://www.pcww.com/web_mat/freecard.html>
> FreeCard Network(sm) is already registered
>
>ActiveCard <http://www.checkpoint.co.jp/opsec/partners/activcard.htm>
>
>PublicCard no HotBot matches & sort of dfescribes open source
Sounds like public exposure to me ... but I guess that's just my sick mind.
>NaturalCard no HotBot matches & what could be easier to use than
> NaturalCard?
It has three syllables -- doesn't go off one's tongue so good.
>BoldCard no HotBot matches & isn't this a bold experiment?
This has a very negative connotation to me. Is this only me?
>FreedCard no HotBot matches, describes open source, sounds funny, may
> still conflict with FreeCard.
Too inconvenient to read.
>EasyCard <http://easycard.info.co.il/1999/>
> <http://www.iuol.cn.net/english/intro/easyintr.htm>
> <http://www.decequip.com/easycard.htm>
> <http://affordable-usa.net/CallCard.html>
> <http://public.surfree.com/Phone/Tuper/CallCard.html>
>
>TrueCard <http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Gulf/8226/>
> Registered trademark.
>
>WildCard used by many
> WildCard Weekend(sm)
> WILDCARD-SHOPPING.COM(sm)
> WildCard Systems� and (sm)
>
>MyCard Kinda Catchy
> Registered trademark
Why not "YourCard"? MyCard sounds like us saying "it's ours, and you'll
never have it", while YourCard directly addresses them and invites them to
participate.
>CompanyCard Like the "Company Car"
> No hotbot matches
> Sort of confusing, though.
Sounds proprietary to me. It doesn't convey the Open Source character of OC.
>ACBM Another Card-Based Metaphor
> almost as bad as ONOC (ONOC's not OpenCard)
>
>ICBM Intercontinental? Card-Based Metaphor
> Interesting Card-Based Metaphor
> Couldn't resist the pun on Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
> Self-evident problems.
I don't like shortcuts that can't be spoken. heck, Acbm and Icbm could
almost be German! Onoc sounds more like it, but I wouoldn't want to rip off
GNU so blatantly.
>FutureCard Because we are the future of Card apps
> <http://members.tripod.com/gfordyce/index.html>
> <http://www.money-rules.com/credit/unsecuredcards.html>
> (hell, a registered trademark -- at least their
> site said so. USPTO does not agree)
>
>UltraCard *smirk* (It just sounds cool)
> <http://roiconnect.com/i_ultra.htm>
> Registered trademark.
> Registered service mark (twice!)
>
>
>*Card (Star)Card Leverages the "*" to make it look
> like we are the everything card.
> StarCard sounds nice, but *Card looks like computer nonsence!
>
>StarCard <http://www.allied-arts.org/>
> <http://www.airlink.net/gen.htm>
> Registered trademark (twice!); registered service mark
*Card would be good, but as it's the same as StarCard in the eye of the
public, it'd get mixed up. Finally, I doubt search engines will accept
*Card, which would limit the amount public recognition we'd get.
>PDCard (Public Domain)Card
> Assuming we use this
> Too hard to say. Too many syllabiles. Senceless (unless you
> know enough copyright law)
I think "PD" is pretty common knowledge among computer users; we could use it.
>ArtisticCard (Artistic License)Card
> Assuming we use this
> Still too many syllabiles.
Sounds like you have to artistically knot your hands to get it to work.
And it's too long.
>NuCard (Name Unknown)Card (with the NuTalk language)
> <http://www.npix.com/products/adapters/FD460.html>
> Registered trademark -- but since it's hardware, can we still
> get away with it?
The French would laugh about this all night long.
>The A Card The Application Card
> Just sounds bad.
In German, there's a word called "Arschkarte", which basically means
"tough luck" if you get it from the deck -- I wouldn't use it.
>MasterCard Will probably confuse people....
> Will probably get us sued.
No, I don't want to be sued by VISA, or American Express etc.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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