[En-Nut-Discussion] A less technical question

[Harald Kipp]

When searching a name to be put on the PCB of the first prototype
I liked the term 'nut', because it

- names something small
- you can crack it
- looks like a typo in conjunction with Ether
- all Internet domains were available
...
- has several nice and less nice meanings, keeping
   people asking about its meaning

Harald

P.S. For the less nice: When Adam Dunkel's Ethernut had been
loaded with Contiki, connected to the Internet and published
@ /., 'TrollBridge' commented: "Now go forth, Slashdot readers,
and give that server a good kick in the ethernuts!"
Ref: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/03/130206

At 23:44 14.04.2005 +0200, you wrote:
>Where does the phrase "Nut" come from in "Ethernut"?
>I do see the Sqirrel, OK.
>I do see the association with the nut.
>
>Is it that?
>
>regards
>ernst