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Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria


From: Bernd Kulawik
Subject: Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:56:51 +0100

At 11:52 19.01.01 -0600, you wrote:

[...]
I propose a name for what was the 'gnupedia' group: "Gnu/Alexandria".
As you probably know, "Alexandria" was a very famous library that
was considered at the time to be the center of all knowledge.  It was,
I believe, the largest and most inclusive library on the planet.
But, it was destroyed.

This is a romantic name for the project, and it adequately captures
the grand vision that many of you have for a wide-open repository
of knowledge.

And this doesn't compete directly with Nupedia's mission, and it
doesn't 'fork' our work unnecessarily.  This is more general work,
with a bigger and broader mission.  Rather than creating a *single*
work in the library of knowledge, GNU/Alexandria can create a set
of *tools* and a *repository* for _all_ works in the library of knowledge.

This is complementary to what we are doing.

--Jimbo


I would agree, but: the name Alexandria is connected with a military "hero" and, more important, to me it seems to be focusing a little bit too strong on the western/european tradition ... of course, it is better known than Nalanda, the buddhist university city in India, that is said to have covered more than 7.000.000 books during centuries 4-7/8. This city was in fact founded as a univesity campus! But, in the web you need a well known and established name, unfortunately, to tell people, what your site might content.
Another suggestion good be an artificial word like GNUledge ?

Bernd



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