* where is Xen's name from?
@ 2004-12-23 4:35 aq
2004-12-23 10:14 ` Matthew Bloch
2004-12-23 10:26 ` Jan Kundrát
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From: aq @ 2004-12-23 4:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xen-devel
hello,
I wonder where the Xen's name came from? I looked at the Xen FAQ, and
there is no information. That should be there, right ;-)
Merry Christmas to everyone on the list ;-)
AQ
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* Re: where is Xen's name from?
2004-12-23 4:35 where is Xen's name from? aq
@ 2004-12-23 10:14 ` Matthew Bloch
2004-12-23 10:26 ` Jan Kundrát
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From: Matthew Bloch @ 2004-12-23 10:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xen-devel
aq wrote:
> hello,
>
> I wonder where the Xen's name came from? I looked at the Xen FAQ, and
> there is no information. That should be there, right ;-)
Xenos means a stranger/foreigner in Greek, and so we have English words
like xenophobic (fear of foreigners) and scary-sounding scientific words
starting with xen- or xeno- implying something foreign. The evil alien
tentacle planet in Half-Life (video game) was also called Xen, but this
Xen is far more likely to take over the world <g>
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* Re: where is Xen's name from?
2004-12-23 4:35 where is Xen's name from? aq
2004-12-23 10:14 ` Matthew Bloch
@ 2004-12-23 10:26 ` Jan Kundrát
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From: Jan Kundrát @ 2004-12-23 10:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: aq; +Cc: xen-devel
aq wrote:
> hello,
>
> I wonder where the Xen's name came from? I looked at the Xen FAQ, and
> there is no information. That should be there, right ;-)
>
> Merry Christmas to everyone on the list ;-)
> AQ
AFAIK it comes from Xenoservers project,
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xeno/
jkt
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