>>> On Wed, Sep 5, 2007 at 11:47 AM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bauer, Bobby
(NIH/CIT) [E]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> quagga is there. I'll install it and see what goes. What a name!

>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga :
The quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra, which was once found 
in great numbers in South Africa's Cape Province and the southern part of the 
Orange Free State. It was distinguished from other zebras by having the usual 
vivid marks on the front part of the body only. In the mid-section, the stripes 
faded and the dark, inter-stripe spaces became wider, and the hindquarters were 
a plain brown. The name comes from a Khoikhoi word for zebra and is 
onomatopoeic, being said to resemble the quagga's call.


So, you have an extinct species of zebra, taking over the role of zebra.  Seems 
anti-evolutionary, but that's Open Source humor for you.


Mark Post

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