--- Doug Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- "Richards Jr, Edward C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Doug Riddle wrote: > > > > Linux Trivia question......What does KDE stand > > for? > > > Cobra (Kobra in Open Source) distibuted Objects > > > Desktop > > > Environment
Could it be spelled CORBA for Common Object Request Broker Architecture? http://www.pcwebopedia.com/TERM/C/CORBA.html I didn't realize KDE used an ORB in its innards. > > > KDE > > > > I've always heard it stands for "K Desktop > > Environment". The K doesn't > > stand for anything, like the G in GNU. > > > > ray > > > > This is interesting....I read it was "Kool Desktop > > Environment"..... > > > > Ed > > > > > > I think they spell it out in their history, but when > last I looked the history was not well organized. > The > Kobra was the glue that bound the apps together, > making the sharing of a single object possible as I > recall. I looked into the desktops quite a bit a > long > time ago trying to decide between Gnome and KDE. I > finally went with IceWM. Go figure. ===== John Hebert 'cat /dev/random | perl' __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/
