Re:Blogging about Midori (2015)
by izzydata on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:04PM
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Why was it called midori? My only knowledge of this word is that it means green is Japanese.
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We brainstormed a bunch of names one day, and Midori won. I think it was Chris Brumme's suggestion.
There is also a lightweight web browser called Midori.
Re:Blogging about Midori (2015)
by mguerville on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @04:02PM
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And a melon based drink, which I never associated with japan but probably is (japan views melon as very much a delicacy)
Yeah, my first thought. But then the Microsoft link didn't make sense. Both like Japanese, and green, I guess.
Re:Blogging about Midori (2015)
by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:19PM
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Wild guess: it's a Greenfield OS project
I had never heard of this, but thank you.
Re:Blogging about Midori (2015)
by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @01:02PM
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That's fair:) A greenfield project is a project done from scratch or as a fresh start. This ranges from "new startup so we're starting from scratch" to " we've decided that the right thing to do in this huge Enterprise environment is to throw out everything we have and make a completely new pass at everything".