[Mageia-discuss] New name for cooker

Wed Sep 22 02:14:48 CEST 2010

On 21 September 2010 20:45, Maarten Vanraes <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> wrote:
+> Op dinsdag 21 september 2010 18:35:18 schreef Ahmad Samir:
+>> On 21 September 2010 18:51, John Keller <mageia at johnkeller.com> wrote:
+> [...]
+>> > Also, I've already seen one comment on DistroWatch from an Islamic user
+>> > saying that he wasn't going to be able to use Mageia because of the
+>> > Quran's views on magic. I'm not sure if he was serious or not, but
+>> > certainly someone would be about that. I'm not suggesting we dig the
+>> > hole any deeper, but at least if there's going to be a deal-breaker with
+>> > strictly religious users, it probably won't be the name of the dev
+>> > branch.
+>>
+>> I think he has a misconception/a-bit-of-misinformation there; The
+>> "magic" that's mentioned and forbidden in the Quaran isn't the "I get
+>> a rabbit out of my hat so quickly you think I am magical" kind, i.e.
+>> not the hocus pocus / sleight of hand kind at all.
+>
+> Can i ask what _is_ referred to?
+>
+
+On this list? no, you can't, because it's off-topic. (that is, if
+you're asking a genuine question in the first place).
+
+-- 
+Ahmad Samir
+