That's interesting. Yann
---------- Message transmis ---------- Subject: [LIG] SITEWATCH: What exactly is gnowledge? Date: Mercredi 2 Avril 2003 20:34 From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" fred@bytesforall.org To: fsf-friends@gnu.org.in Cc: linux-india-general@lists.sourceforge.net
URL : http://www.gnowledge.org
Welcome to Gnowledge!
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.
At this site we will publish software to manage gnowledge. We desire to make this a community portal for those who believe in sharing.
We are developing a gnowledge management application called GNOWSYS. Find out more about it by navigating through the menu on the left side.
Powered by GNOWSYS, [15]ZOPE, [16]Python, [17]GNU/Linux © Nagarjuna G.[18]Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
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
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. :-) Ec
I take it that the obvious misspelling "Documentaion" on the left hand side menu is not an obvious letter for effect change as with the k>g... otherwise it could sound as if it were some ancient Greek name in the accussative case...
Unaccusatively of course, Jay B.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Yann Forget" yann@forget-me.net
That's interesting. Yann URL : http://www.gnowledge.org Welcome to Gnowledge! By `gnowledge' we mean the knowledge accessible freely for the
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