As a matter of fact, the Pick Pocket Guide formalized the names "Access" and "Pick/BASIC".
Dick, Bill Walsh and I sat around bouncing around some potential names, since Microdata had a lock on "English". Wonder how they went about trademarking that one. j. Susan Lynch wrote: > > You do remember correctly - I always thought it was a mistake to let them > get away with taking the name! > > Susan Lynch > F. W. Davison & Company, Inc, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MAJ Programming" <[email protected]> > To: "U2 Users List" <[email protected]> > Sent: 03/28/2010 1:30 AM > Subject: Re: [U2] Pick Pocket Guide [not-secure] > > >> Only because you mention lawsuit: >> >> I recall Pick Systems calling their query language Access, before >> Microsoft >> came out with Access. >> >> Do I recall correctly? >> Mark Johnson >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Hennessey, Mark F." <[email protected]> >> To: "U2 Users List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:49 PM >> Subject: Re: [U2] Pick Pocket Guide [not-secure] >> >> >>> Heh - name it "Genius" and you invite a lawsuit from Apple... >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David A. >>> Green >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 4:26 PM >>> To: 'U2 Users List' >>> Subject: Re: [U2] Pick Pocket Guide >>> >>> I say we name it "Genius" so we can all feel smarter when we go to work! >>> >>> GeniusDB >>> GeniusQuery >>> GeniusCode (Not GeniusBasic that's an oxymoron) >>> Etc. >>> >>> Hey! We've all just been elevated to Genius Programmers! >>> >>> David A. Green >>> (480) 813-1725 >>> DAG Consulting >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>> [email protected] >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:42 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [U2] Pick Pocket Guide >>> >>> In a message dated 3/23/2010 4:14:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >>> [email protected] writes: >>> >>> >>> > So suggestions welcomed.>> >>> >>> I'm opining that we need a name that is NOT an existing word or acronym >>> of >>> anything else. Something brand new and fresh and unique so no more >>> false >>> positives. >>> >>> Will >>> _______________________________________________ >>> U2-Users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> U2-Users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> U2-Users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> U2-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > ----- http://jes.com On-demand 1 on 1 private training for all MultiValue platforms and languages. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Pick-Pocket-Guide-tp27982214p28063150.html Sent from the U2 - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
