Eric: I agree that whatever name is chosen should
'link' to HC, but if it could also link to www so much
the better.
Alain: Agreed on both counts. I will nonetheless put
up a page of naming-guidelines that members of our
group will be able to vote on.
Eric: (since, i think the HC interface basically
inspired the www graphic interface).
Alain: I have heard that too.
Eric: Thank you for setting me straight on MCs (non)
involvement in this project. I shall download their
engine this week.
Alain: Am I reading this correctly? The MetaCard engin
is available to us already? Without having the group's
organization and licencing worked out? If so, then I
guess that I am really out of it!
Eric: Oh, regarding PDCard - two problems: 1) PD in US
english means police department. Not my idea of a
positive association.
Alain: Me neither.
Eric: 2) p�d� in french (pronounced PD) is a term for
homosexual (from pederast). So... i really would like
to avoid the term (behavioral and social psychologists
can puzzle over the links between us cops and french
homosexuals...)
Alain: We definitely want to avoid that.
Eric: Regarding the name basicCard, i suggest the name
coz HC is a very high level language. Plus basic is
the first language of many programmers.
Alain: HyperTalk is much higher-level than BASIC.
Might thus give the impression that 'OpenTalk' will be
more difficult than HyperTalk is. Besides, fair or
not, BASIC has often been used as the poster-child of
unstructured (bad) programming.
Eric: I think a book/stack "from basic to hypertalk"
could be written.
Alain: Why not? It is a good idea.
Eric: I agree, VolksCard implies affordable, mass
vehicle...
Alain: Yes, that is why I like the name VolksCard e.g.
the name evokes the People.
Eric: It also implies a lot of rather dark history
(understatement).
Alain: Does it really? Is this so merely because
Volks is a german term? Or is there more to it than
that?
Eric: Open Source Code: ok, i just wanted to be sure
that i understand: actual source code (uncompiled
pascal, c, c++ etc.) will be available to end users.
Alain: Yes, but only if the respect the terms and
conditions of our licence (of course).
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