Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:27:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Wisniewski <bob@watson.ibm.com>
To:  <13574887147@hnmcc.com>
Cc: k42-discussion@www-124.southbury.usf.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [K42-discussion] Why named K42?

Why named K42?
 > just curious.

The "K" come from Kitchawan which was the original name of the project.  It
is a local area and road and means running strong.  Many of the early
conversations about the project originated on walks on the road and through
the area.  For legal reasons the named needed to be changed when we went
open source.  The "42" is from Douglas Adams Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy - and is of course the answer to life, the universe, and everything.
K42 is thus the answer to next generation scalable operating systems :-)

Robert Wisniewski
The K42 MP OS Project
Advanced Operating Systems
Scalable Parallel Systems
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
914-945-3181
http://www.research.ibm.com/K42/
bob@watson.ibm.com
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