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I wonder if the name is inspired by this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_(operating_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_(operating_system)
by rjknight 7y ago
I wonder if the name is inspired by this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_(operating_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_(operating_system)
- dragonwriter 7y agoProbably. Or possibly by Windows Chi-Rho (the same source of the name of the city “Cairo”), which is more popularly known by the English names of those letters, which is often looked at as the peak of Windows UX with later iterations as regressions (though sometimes Windows 7 gets that honor.)
- Quarrel 7y agoChi-Rho is not at all the source of the name of the city Cairo. Cairo was founded by the Fatimid's and called al-Qāhirah, and this is the etymology of the anglicisation.