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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd: the mascot
From:       David Faure <faure () alpha ! tat ! physik ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       1999-04-29 16:40:46
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On Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 06:13:44PM +0200, Sean Kendall Schneyer wrote:
> I was asked to forward this to the devel list:
> 
> > sean,
> > 
> > could you post this to kde-develop? many thanks.
> > 
> > i think the *perfect* name for the mascot is:
> > 
> > kierkegaard!
> > 
> > why? he was a great european philosopher, whose work dealt with
> > freedom, reason, and choice -- kind of what kde deals with, no?
> > 
> > second, it would be a quick and easy answer to the question: what
> > does the k in kde stand for!
> > 
> > i'm being completely serious here. it would ve cool, it would be
> > smart, and it would eliminate the notion, wherever it is found, that
> > kde is a toy.

The reasons you mention look good, but if only he was named 'joe' ....
(or 'konqie', hehe)

kierkegaard is awful to pronounce, except for some netherlands-language-like countries !


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