Good, then maybe we can put the little trademark symbol next to it and get the newspapers to publish it correctly so there is less ambiguity.
On Sunday 24 July 2005 11:01 pm, Cameron Schlehuber wrote: > Roy is the architect on the Health Data Repository team. > > Roy came up with VA Information System Technology Architecture and the > acronym VISTA. He declined to submit it for the contest so I took it upon > myself to submit it but I declined the $100 award and directed that it > should go to the author, Roy Baker. VistA along with the stylized version > you see on VA Web pages is in fact a Registered Trademark with the US > Patent and Trademark Office. The Federal Government can hold patents and > trademarks and there is a form of copyright (5 year limit) that under > certain conditions can be held by branches of the US Government. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ELSIE > CASUGAY > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 11:16 AM > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Windows Vista!!!!! > > Roy Baker used to be the Director of Dallas ISC which is now the Dallas > CIOFO. He was our boss in Dallas when I was there from 1992-1997. I am > not sure what his title now but I think he is still with the VA. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy > Anthracite > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 1:05 PM > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Windows Vista!!!!! > > Tell us "newbies" about Roy Baker. That name is new to me. > > On Friday 22 July 2005 01:42 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > OK, I think I've conceded that. > > > > However, it was Al Gore who invented the internet, correct? > > > > At least I remember the important stuff. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Mobley, Sharon C. > > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 12:20 PM > > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Windows Vista!!!!! > > > > It was Roy Baker who submitted the name > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ELSIE > > CASUGAY > > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 10:52 AM > > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Windows Vista!!!!! > > > > I thought it was Roy Baker who submitted the name VistA? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Sowinski, Richard J. > > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 10:45 AM > > To: 'hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net' > > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Windows Vista!!!!! > > > > It seems like Microsoft and VA have a history of using the same name for > > different things. Like DHCP. > > > > I wonder if VA ever copyrighted the name VistA? If so, think of the > > publicity that could be generated by a copyright infringement case. > > > > For those of you who didn't know it, here's a bit of VistA trivia for > > you. > > VistA was re-named from DHCP in a contest held within the VA about 10 > > years ago. > > > > If memory serves me Cameron submitted the winning name. > > > > My submittal was VAMIS (VA Medical Information System), along with a > > slogan, "We're famous for VAMIS". > > > > Anyway, I still like VAMIS, but I'm afraid I'm an army of one. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy > > Anthracite > > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 10:00 AM > > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Windows Vista!!!!! > > > > Let us hope the VistA spelling catches on better than it did with the NY > > Times, as it might help a little! > > > > On Friday 22 July 2005 09:26 am, Greg Kreis wrote: > > > Oh no! Microsoft changed the name of Longhorn to Vista. I am not > > > kidding. VISTA! Get ready for confusion galore.... > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > > > > > > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > > > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > > > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > -- > > Nancy Anthracite > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > > informative Webcasts and more! 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