--- 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'

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