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