On Sunday 27 December 2015 13:39:19 Michael Howard wrote:
On 26/12/2015 20:54, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Saturday 26 December 2015 20:44:31 Michael Howard wrote:
On 26/12/2015 19:17, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Saturday 26 December 2015 18:00:35 Michele Calgaro wrote:
The K was originally suggested to stand for "Kool", but it was
*****quickly****
decided that the K should stand for nothing in particular.
Because of the horror that suggestion would have produced in some of us.
Who is the rest of 'some of us'?
Do you really want a list? How long a list? We are a not small section of the population still. (Note: I said "you", not "u", as does the majority of the people on this list.) I haven't noticed you saying "u".
:)
Sorry, don't get that bit.
You clearly move in educated circles. "u" for you is one of my pet hates, and is used by the youth-aspiring middle-aged to be "cool" - or even "kool" - (and also, I believe by some young people)
Mind you, the Ford Ka still seems to be selling. But not to me.
To me neither, and not least because of the name!
I_could_ not have used something called "Kool".
Which is probably why they changed their minds.
Quite!! That is what I was suggesting. It was, I am sure, very off-putting to most of those choosing the name.
I doubt it. Program/application names aren't necessarily meant to make sense or be 'real' words and quite frankly, I couldn't care less about a name, Kool Desktop Environment is fine by me, just as Klop, Knock, Kanything in fact would have been, as long as it worked, but hey, each to their own.
You are, of course right. I am being no more logical or reasonable than the person on the Debian who wouldn't use MATE, although it was the perfect solution to his problems, because it has a Spanish name. But faced with a list, I would choose another.
I wasn't have a dig, just a bit of Christmas joviality.
:-))
Have a good one.
And you. :-)
Lisi