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What does the name Fink stand for?

April 26, 2017Fink stand

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What does the name Fink stand for?

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Nothing, it’s just a name. It’s not even an acronym. Well, actually Fink is the German name for Finch, a kind of bird. I was looking for a name for the project, and the name of the OS, Darwin, led me to think about Charles Darwin, the Galapagos Islands and evolution. I remembered a piece about the so-called Darwin Finches and their beaks from school, and well, that’s it…