From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267934AbUIPJ5j (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 05:57:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261234AbUIPJ5i (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 05:57:38 -0400 Received: from cpc2-sout5-5-0-cust135.sot3.cable.ntl.com ([81.110.110.135]:61458 "EHLO teh.ath.cx") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267934AbUIPJ53 (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 05:57:29 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:57:26 +0100 From: Matt Kavanagh To: Neil Brown Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: monoholitic, hybrid or not monoholitic? [OT] Message-ID: <20040916095726.GC2429@teh.ath.cx> References: <4148271D.9050009@devilcode.de> <20040915141237.GB2429@teh.ath.cx> <16712.58252.103434.617821@cse.unsw.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16712.58252.103434.617821@cse.unsw.edu.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040818i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 10:51:24AM +1000, Neil Brown wrote: > mono - prefix meaning one, singular, alone. > lith - rock > -ic - suffix meaning like, or similar. > > And given that > Linux is Number One and it, like, ROCKS, > I guess monolithic must be the right term :-) I think stereolithic is more appropriate in this case; linux is Number One, but it's Number One because of the huge array of choices it gives you :) (And, of course, ROCKS is plural :P)