Dapper Drake and Bird Flu

[Øivind Hoel]

On 3/15/06, Anders Karlsson <trudheim at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/15/06, W.M. den Haan <ubuntusounder at wouter.mijnemailadres.nl> wrote:
> > > On wo, 2006-03-15 at 11:12 +0100, Jean Privat wrote:
> > > > I want to focus your attention on a small communication point.
> > > > I'm not sure that releasing a product named "Drake" is a good idea in
> > > > a H5 bird flu context.
> > >
> > > Good thing that a drake is not a duck but a dragon
> >
> > Is it? Meriam-Webster describes it as follows:
> >
> > Main Entry: drake
> > Pronunciation: 'drAk
> > Function: noun
> > Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old High German antrahho drake
> > : a male duck
> >
> > So, a duck it is..
>
> You never played ZAngband or Moria I take it. When you encounter an
> "Ethereal Drake" you are unlikely to hear it quacking...
>
> Drake is another word for dragon, albeit not that commonly used. As a
> sidenote, "drake" is the swedish word for "dragon".

Why haven't the KDE folks (with their baby dragon) used this in its
propaganda (along with Mark stating he might well start using KDE as
his default desktop in dapper drake)?

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