thanks Nino, I knew I'd seen it somewhere but couldn't remember. so it was reference to the game of cricket stumps rather than to quote a dictionary: "a window or opening, often closed by a grating or the like, as in a door, or forming a place of communication in a ticket office, a teller's cage in a bank, etc."
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Nino Saturnino Martinez Vazquez Wael < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jonathan Locke wrote something about it in his foreword in WIA: > > "Several 60-hour weeks later, the first version of Wicket was born. (In > case you're > wondering, Wicket was the first fun and unique-sounding short word that > Miko also > liked and that wasn't being used for a major software project. It also > appears in some > dictionaries as a cricket term for "a small framework at which the bowler > aims the > ball.") I'm happy to say that after more than four years and the input of > many manyears > of effort from the open source community, Wicket now meets most if not all > of > my criteria for a web framework" > > > Wayne Pope wrote: > >> We where just chating here, and we're wondering where the name wicket >> comes >> from ? >> Looking it up on in the dictionary I couldn't really see the connection. >> >> Anyone know how the name came about? >> >> thanks >> Wayne >> >> >> > > -- > -Wicket for love > > Nino Martinez Wael > Java Specialist @ Jayway DK > http://www.jayway.dk > +45 2936 7684 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
