Thread: [MiKTeX] What does MiK in MiKTeX means?

Hello,

I'm forwarding a question from texhax mailing list: What does the
MiK in MiKTex mean?

-- 
Ulrike Fischer 

On 30.12.2010 14:22, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm forwarding a question from texhax mailing list: What does the
> MiK in MiKTex mean?
>

mik used to be my login name. It is an acronym for: Micro-kid. Hence the 
capital K in MiKTeX.

On 12/30/2010 10:59 AM, Christian Schenk wrote:
> It is an acronym for: Micro-kid.


OK, then I have to ask ...
why is it pronounced with a short 'i'?
http://miktex.org/about
Perhaps because I don't speak German,
I would have expected maybe "meektex" as a pronunciation.

So I'm going to guess: it is a pronunciation of the 'i'
that "works" (i.e., is recognizable) in both English and German.

Happy New Year!

Alan Isaac