[Building Sakai] Why Sakai is so called? Any story behind?

[Adrian Fish]

Wiring up all those Spring components ...

Sorry, couldn't resist :)

Mark Norton wrote:
> This explains a great deal.  All those late nights slaving over broken 
> Sakai code....sigh.
>
> Adrian Fish wrote:
>> Did you know that the word 'sakai' in Malay is offensive and means 
>> 'subservient' or 'slave'? I got told that a while ago when we were 
>> rolling out some services to Malaysia.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Adrian.
>>
>> csev wrote:
>>> The Sakai project was named after this person:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Sakai
>>> http://www.hotelsbycity.net/images/blog/hiroyuki_sakai.jpg
>>>
>>> If you look in the WikiPedia entry at the bottom - you see the 
>>> reference to the Sakai project.  :)
>>>
>>> While you are pursuing fun details about Sakai to help you better 
>>> understand it, you should take a look at this web site as well:
>>>
>>> http://www.sakaiger.com/
>>>
>>> It speaks of the legend and history of the Sakaiger.  Of course that 
>>> brings up a question as to why there is no WikiPedia entry about the 
>>> Sakaiger... Hmmm.
>>>
>>> There is a "Sakaiger Dance" that is loosely based on a relative of 
>>> the Sakaiger called the "Kenya Tiger":
>>>
>>> http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/kenya/
>>>
>>> Hope this helps with your analysis :)
>>>
>>> /Chuck
>>>
>>> On Mar 22, 2010, at 10:20 AM, fstkhv at umac.mo wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>> Dear Sakai Community,
>>>>
>>>> I am writing to seek help in understanding why Sakai is so called. My
>>>> colleagues and I are interested in knowing any story behind calling 
>>>> Sakai
>>>> as it is. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Oh, indeed, we are
>>>> planning to test-drive Sakai as our e-Learning platform to explore the
>>>> practice of outcomes-based assessment in our general education 
>>>> program. We
>>>> are also excited to observe so much new ideas in Sakai 3.0.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Kam
>>>>
>>>> Kam H. Vat (Mr)
>>>> University of Macau, Macau
>>>> Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement
>>>>
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Lancaster University
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