Well, this is kinda fun and I actually had that one right. Since we are on the
subject, how did the name Apachie come into being for the web server
application of the same name?
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Riddle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 6:46 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: What does KDE stand for? - Was - RE: [brlug-general] A cool
website of a ham whose station is Window$free!
Hold the phone; I'm wrong again. Who'd a thunk it.
http://www.kde.org/announcements/announcement.php
KDE = The Kool Desktop Environment
I apparentlly bit on the language about Kobra. I am
not alone, but I was still WRONG!
Cool. It stands for Kool Desktop Environment. I love
Linux, sort of the excentric geek's odd collection of
weirdness merged with JPL, MIT, and ACE Hardware.
I still like IceWM.
Peace, Out.
Doug
--- Mat Branyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I thought it was a play of common desktop
> environment.
> but them, I am young and ignorant of things like
> this.
>
> --mat
>
> On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 16:22, Richards Jr, Edward C.
> 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
> > >
> > > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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