On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 09:29, David.Pawson@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Is there a Redhat / Fedora /Linux jargon busting page please? > The tla's that are flowing on this list I guess warrant one. > > It might help make a tiny step towards putting Linux closer > to Windoze for the man on the Clapham omnibus. > > I just get the feeling that the Linux community take a great > delight in picking abtruse names for things. Great for the in-crowd, > but far less so for anyone approaching Linux, and may just be enough > to put them off for years. > > If needed I'll collate and mark up... if you'll help me translate :-) > ?? docbook is fashionable isn't it?? > > regards DaveP > Dave, the names usually refer to the project. Windows does the same thing, except you don't hear it as much because Windows is closed. I believe the project name for the next version of Windows is Longhorn. Personally, I liked Guinness for the name. Don't know what a Severn is. Maybe instead of Yarrow, it could have been called Pilsner Urquel? Who knows who comes up with these names. When I first started here, everything was named after Greek/Roman Gods. At least now we are getting to more descriptive names as we roll out new systems.
