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Re:Help the Gnome Foundation Defend the Gnome Trademark Agai... by JoshTriplett on Tuesday November 11, 2014 @09:17AM (#8589854)
When the GNOME foundation chose it, back in 1997, it was an acronym for "GNU Network Object Model Environment". (And it's pronounced with a non-silent 'G', just like GNU.)
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Re:Help the Gnome Foundation Defend the Gnome Trademark Agai... by icoder on Tuesday November 11, 2014 @09:23AM (#8589891)
TIL I have been pronouncing it wrong all this time. Which may be the result of my background in genetics though :)
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Re:Help the Gnome Foundation Defend the Gnome Trademark Agai... by ivraatiems on Tuesday November 11, 2014 @09:14AM (#8589841)
Not op, but GNOME had the name first...
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