• monk@lemmy.unboiled.info
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    9 months ago

    And before Pidgin was named Pidgin, it was named GAIM, which was short for GTK AIM, which was short for GIMP toolkit AOL IM, which was short for GNU Image Manipulation Program toolkit America Online Instant Messenger, which was short for GNU’s Not Unix Image Manipulation Program toolkit America Online Instant Messenger and it never ends.

  • Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 months ago

    im almost sad that its linux that became the dominating open source kernel instead of “GNU’s Not Unix! Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons”
    (hird stands for “Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth”)