On Saturday, November 2, 2002, at 01:35 AM, Alwyn wrote:
See the Fink FAQ. From it...On Saturday, November 2, 2002, at 04:53 am, Ben Hines wrote:Presumably named after the German for a small bird of the family Fringillidae (English 'finch'), or is there a deeper meaning?And its "fink" or "Fink". Not "FINK"
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Q1.2: What does the name Fink stand for?
A: Nothing, it's just a name. It's not even an acronym.
Well, actually Fink is the German name for Finch, a kind of bird. I was looking for a name for the project, and the name of the OS, Darwin, led me to think about Charles Darwin, the Galapagos Islands and evolution. I remembered a piece about the so-called Darwin Finches and their beaks from school, and well, that's it...
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Problem solved.
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Adam Atlas
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