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 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/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> -- Matthew ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/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 ;-) > AQAFAIK it comes from Xenoservers project, http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xeno/ jkt -- cd /local/pub && more beer > /dev/mouth ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel