On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 10:36:19PM -0700, Carol Spears wrote: > On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 12:13:51AM -0500, Clarence Risher wrote: > > 1) What does GIMP stand for? > > > > 2) What does GNU stand for? > > > > 50% is a passing score. 100% qualifies for Advanced rating. > > > heh, this is a problem test because it would mean that one of our > mentors for the Summer of Code would not have an advanced rating. > well, my apologies are needed maybe. i asked and learned that GIMP used to stand for General Image Manipulation Program for a short while. the acronym was changed in 1997, probably when it was accepted as a GNU based project. when i looked at the tutorials, web sites and all the information that was available when i started to use it in 1998, there was no mention of the word General on anything. not even an accidental typo. i actually spent a few moments chuckling over the story that can be made from the words Kernel and General. Kernel sounds like Colonel and Generals outrank Colonel's here. http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/insignias/officers.html but eh, what are names good for? carol _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
