Nancy, As one who often finds myself writing Vista instead of VistA, I think we should embrace the new-found popularity of the name? Trying to change the world and accept a capital letter at the end of a word may be more difficult than taking advantage of the reluctance to do so.
Windows Vista -- that's so new and hip! Vista EMR -- yeah, that's a powerhouse too. Kevin --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. 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