[Wikipedia-l] [OT] Re: SITEWATCH: What exactly is gnowledge?

[Ray Saintonge]

Toby Bartels wrote:

>Yann Forget wrote:
>
>>Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote:
>>
>>>By `gnowledge' we mean the knowledge accessible freely for the
>>>community in general, and to the users of the WWW in particular. We
>>>expect that the `g' in the term `gnowledge' is pronounced hard, and
>>>is not silent as `k' in `knowledge'. The possible Sanskrit and
>>>Greek roots of the term `knowledge' and the ideal of GNU to share
>>>knowledge in general and software knowledge in particular inspired
>>>us to use this term.
>>>
>
>"knowledge" looks like an obviously Anglo-Saxon word,
>and the OED agrees that its roots are entirely Teutonic.
>Nevertheless, it is related to Greek "gnôsis" (see below)
>and a Sanskrit root, even these aren't the word's origins.
>
>>>We are developing a gnowledge management application called
>>>GNOWSYS. Find out more about it by navigating through the menu on
>>>the left side.
>>>
Hmmm!  Only one step removed from the biting satire of gnawledge. :-)
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