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