The Name Andar

Where does the name Andar come from? It is not an acronym or a combination of the names of the owners Andre Marcil and Real Bedard. When Helix first started, we built a CASE tool and called it Andar. We later reused the name for our nonprofit software that you now know. Originally, when looking for a name for our CASE tool, way back when the Internet was an unknown desert, we used a trademark search firm to ensure the name was not used. Because our CASE tool was intended for programmers we ordered a search for the name "Andor" as in the logical operators "and" and "or". This name was taken but by changing one letter the name "Andar" was born. Much later, we found out that, in Spanish, Andar means to walk or stroll.