The project to build a GPL'ed clone of the popular Intuit Quicken (TM) financial application suite is well under way. A team is working, even as you read this :-), to transform the popular Motif-based X-accountant (xacc) to use Gtk and be a GNOME-friendly application for storing personal (and possible business) finances for users in many different countries. However, we want to give ourselves, and the community, a chance to pick a (possibly) new name for the application. Thus, between now and Monday 5 April 1998 at 23:59, we are accepting votes for a new name. We have already collected a list of possible names, which are below. Each person is permitted three votes, which must be submitted in the same email message. The subject line is irrelevant, but the mail body must be in the following format, with the data in <>'s replaced by the obvious data. For the 's, you should use the *abbreviation* from the name choices below (case is irrelevant): My Name: Choice 1: Choice 2: Choice 3: All other lines in the body will be ignored. A confirmation will be sent to the email address appearing in the 'From:' line of the message. If this mail does not bounce, your choices will be tallied, with one vote for each of your choices. A second vote will invalidate your previous votes. Be advised that your email address, name, and vote choices will be posted publicly (similar to the way Usenet vote reports are done) at the end of the voting. Send your vote in the format as described above to: name-voting@ebb.org This address will begin to bounce on Monday 5 April 1998 at 23:59. Here is a table of the name choices we are considering: =============================================================================== NAME ABBREVIATION ================================================================================ X-Accountant xacc GnoMoney GnoMoney NoMoney NoMoney GnuCash GnuCash lucre lucre QIQ Isn't Quicken QIQ QAQ Ain't Quicken QAQ Finances Are a Necessary Evil FAANE pelf pelf solvent solvent mundament mundament lode lode thrive thrive fundament fundament the Fine Financial Application finapp final final Financial Ledger fledge fince fince fincet fincet fledget fledget finet finet finango finango fnord fnord GNU general ledger gnural The New General Ledger gnuledge Xacct Xacct Exacct Exacct Fasten Fasten =============================================================================== Thanks for taking the time to help us pick a name. If you are interested in the project, please check out the WWW site at http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~rclark/xacc, which will also tell you how to get on the mailing list.