"Jon Scott Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 4/29/02 8:18 AM, "Conor MacNeill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Endre St�lsvik wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> But why did Jakarta end up with that rather nonsense name?
>>>
>>
>> Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia located on the island of Java.
>>
>> One nonsense name deserves another :-)
>>
>> Conor
>
> It was because Sun names their meeting rooms after different geographical
> places. The meetings about this project were held in the 'Jakarta' room.
If we had that same meeting today we would call ourselves "Mr. Toad's Wild
Ride" or something whacko like that (since they moved from Cupertino to
Santa Clara)... Jakarta's kewl...
Pier
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