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On 13 Dec 2007, at 00:08, Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > My other half was doing a crossword, one of the questions was a 3 > letter > word and the clue was wildebeest. The answer was GNU. I thought, > hang > on, GNU means GNU's Not Unix, and it's the foundation for a complete > operating system, what has that got to do with wildebeest? > > I did a Google search for GNU + wildebeest and found that a GNU is > actually a type of wildebeest. That'll explain the GNU logo then (and > GNU Herd). You can see what I'm on about here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildebeest > > I'm not sure if any of you folks knew this. I always used to > think, how > did they come up with GNU's Not Unix, I mean how did they think of > GNU? > > As you can probably guess, I didn't know a GNU was a wildebeest. I > dunno, been using GNU/Linux on and off for about 15 years or so and > I've > never know this in all that time. I'll hang my head in shame! > > Rob > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html There's a Flanders and Swann song entitled I'm a Gnu, the first line is I'm a Gnu, spelt G.N.U, but I'm sure you're to young to remember. It's a comedy song, much loved by us old farts, and is , in fact, as you suggest, about a type of wildebeest. Clare -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html