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Re: [ogpx] resolving the name issue

Dave CROCKER <dhc@dcrocker.net> Fri, 28 August 2009 16:56 UTC

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Joshua Bell wrote:
  > That's a healthy concern, but I think we need to bite the bullet and
> risk the dreaded "Virtual World" phrase in the name. It is *so* 
> evocative to anyone inside and outside the space and leaves little 
> ambiguity about the problem domain. No, it isn't specific enough, hence 
> the qualifiers.



I've been meaning to comment on this.  As someone outside the space, I do find 
the term helpful as the common label for the space.  No one is going to think 
this is about cloud computing, file transfer, or voice calls...

And while it might be nice to have that term extend into a precise technical 
construct, I'm not sure it's essential.  So, the current work becomes an 
/example/ of virtual world work, but has its own vocabulary.

d/

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   Dave Crocker
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