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.
-- Toby