Apps Messaging Manifesto

[Rob Seaman]

This has been an entertaining discussion for those of us in the  
peanut gallery.  The diversity of opinions is quite marked.  I wonder  
if this is because nothing like a true manifesto has been stated as  
yet.  A manifesto should begin with a simple declarative statement of  
a shared vision, for example:

	The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class  
struggles.

or:

	The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster  
for the human race.

or:

	GNU [...] is the name for the complete Unix-compatible software  
system which I am writing so that I can give it away free [...]

(Stallman could have benefited from having Engels as an editor.)

Can anyone sum up the essence of astronomical application messaging  
in a single sentence?  Also, what is the name of this project?  GNU  
demonstrates the value of picking a clever name.  (Linux shows the  
greater value of naming software in Finnish.)

Rob Seaman
NOAO

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