Re: [mv] new name and Tallyman

["utomo prawiro" <utomo.prawiro@mailcity.com>]

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I hope to whoever make other/additional documentation for your Minivend user, send the documentation for minivend and akopia new documentation. FAQ, How To, Trouble shooting, etc
Hope with this the new documentation more faster and better.
I believe there is many additional documentation created by minivend user here.
thanks

regards

Utomo
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On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 04:17:35  
 Birgitt Funk wrote:
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>> I'd personally leave the Minivend name attached to the new product,
>> because it is well known by that handle, but it is also very easy to
>> improve on it.
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>I like Tallyman as a good sounding name, but wanted to let you know that up
>til now it didn't occur to me that this name actually has a meaning.
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>Only when looking at the demo shop and looking at the picture of the
>quarters, I started to wonder why that picture and then I grabbed the
>dictionary. So, Tallyman is a good name, but certainly not for non native
>English speakers. And I hope you don't think that MiniVend will only be used
>in good Ol' America.
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>MiniVend is much, much more important for countries in the other parts of
>the world, for users, who can't associate something with Tallyman, don't
>have cheap access to bandwidth, don't have money for shrewed consultants,
>but make out 80% percent of the "Bazaar" and, BTW, of these 80% the
>majority are women. Poor women ! Women, who want to be free from
>"enslaving technologies". _They_ will want an open product and believe it
>or not, _they_ want "mind their own business", Akopia's slogan.
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>Of course that is long-term thinking, something Americans are not that
>inclined to do. _They_ trade on micro loans provided through such entities
>like the World Bank, UNDP, USAid etc. They sustain the local economies for
>the sake of raising their kids and supporting their families and are
>_very efficient_ at it. They need a low cost, flexible cart, one
>that gives them "freedom" from the "closed source dummy, cutsy" carts and
>freedom from middlemen, who have something else in mind when it comes to
>trade and do mind a lot about things, many women don't necessary mind that
>much about.
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>So, my wishlist, keep the name "internationally" understandable in its
>supposed meaning. Keep the GPL, make the transition and reach out with
>your verbose documentation to that potential beginner user group, which
>either will be used as semi-slaves for other people's businesses or be
>enabled  to "mind their OWN business". It's your choice.
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>That's why I got "Roman"-tick about the name. Latin roots are pretty much
>understood by many folks around the world.
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>Ghee, I talk like crazy here, off-topic stuff and more. Can't help thinking
>that's my last chance to say something like that. When the moderation
>starts, it's over. So, thanks to let me say that. 
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>Birgitt Funk
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>(Benjamin Franklin, July 4th, 1776)
>We must all hang together to stand free separately, or assuredly we
>we will all hang collectively. (me, expecting July 4th, 2000)
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