--- "Richards Jr, Edward C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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?
The spelling gives this one away. You spelled it the white man way, as in a, my cousin's tribe, not the software. Apachee - A-patch-ee (a much patched) server, apachee,; viola! This one I knew off the bat. No points to me as an Amer-indian. It was a free throw. > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This email, including any attached files, may > > contain confidential and privileged information. > > Any review, use, distribution or disclosure of > > included information by unintended recipients is > > strictly prohibited. If you are not a named > > recipient or authorized to receive and / or act on > > information sent to a named recipient, or have > > reason to believe you are not or should not be one > > of the named recipients, please notify sender > > accordingly by reply email and delete all copies > of > > this message prior to forwarding, copying or > > otherwise reproducing this message or attachments > > thereto. For information regarding the export > > control status of items discussed in this > document, > > please refer to the project control list. Thank > you. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > ===== > Warmest Regards, > > Doug Riddle > Capital punishment makes the state a murderer. On > the other hand, life in prison makes the state a gay > dungeon master. -- Rev. Jesse Jackson > "Decisions, Decisions, Decisions..." - Doug Riddle > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. > Try it! > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > This email, including any attached files, may > contain confidential and privileged information. > Any review, use, distribution or disclosure of > included information by unintended recipients is > strictly prohibited. If you are not a named > recipient or authorized to receive and / or act on > information sent to a named recipient, or have > reason to believe you are not or should not be one > of the named recipients, please notify sender > accordingly by reply email and delete all copies of > this message prior to forwarding, copying or > otherwise reproducing this message or attachments > thereto. For information regarding the export > control status of items discussed in this document, > please refer to the project control list. Thank you. > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle Capital punishment makes the state a murderer. On the other hand, life in prison makes the state a gay dungeon master. -- Rev. Jesse Jackson "Decisions, Decisions, Decisions..." - Doug Riddle __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/
