On January 24, 2005 08:33 pm, Justin Clift wrote:
> > Software Research Associates (SRA), founded in 1967, is one of the oldest
> > software houses in Japan, http://www.sra.co.jp. With branches throughout
> > the world and founder of the GNU Software Service (the Wingnut project
> > http://www.sra.co.jp/wingnut/), it has become one of the largest backers
> > of the Open Source movement in Asia today.
>
> Hmmm... not sure here. In Australia, the term "Wingnut" has a meaning
> associated with someone who is crazy (not in any kind of good way) and
> not someone to be associated with.
It used to be true in Canada back in the 60's but the term fell out of disuse.
The fact of the matter is that this is the name of the project. It was coined
after one of the SRA seniour execs had a meeting with Stallman back in the
80's. If it's lasted this long and not been commented upon then why change it
now?