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Old 02-14-2009, 11:07 PM   #1
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How CALIBRE got its name...
Converter And LIBRary for Ebooks
Other factors making the name appropriate:
Kovid is a grad student at CALtech. That is where CALIBRE was conceived.
Kovid's Zodiac sign is LIBRa.
Calibre means degree or grade of excellence and CALIBRE is a high calibre product ;-)
Its a short word with a nice zing to it.
I had recently watched a west wing episode where Bartlet used a gun metaphor in commenting on Richies book.
And i nagged Kovid till he agreed to the name ;-)
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Old 02-14-2009, 11:13 PM   #2
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Hello better Goyal half! Welcome to MobileRead and thanks for sharing the story behind the "Calibre" name.

Hope you'll be hanging around!
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Old 02-14-2009, 11:13 PM   #3
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Krittika Goyal welcome to MobileRead! Officially, that is.......I know you've probably read every post here.....
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Old 02-14-2009, 11:20 PM   #4
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Well, indeed--thanks for clearing that up! I have a confession to make: I sometimes find it annoying when people call it caliber instead of calibre, though strictly speaking the two are interchangeable in definition.

Welcome to MR, Krittika!
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Old 02-14-2009, 11:23 PM   #5
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Hello Krittika Goyal and thank you for the back story on calibre. I wondered about it and came up with ...... CAlifornia (where you are) and working with the ebook LIBRary The complete story is MUCH better.

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Old 02-14-2009, 11:45 PM   #6
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Old 02-15-2009, 12:10 AM   #7
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Old 02-15-2009, 12:14 AM   #8
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Thank you all. Wow this makes me feel like I am married to a celebrity.
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Old 02-15-2009, 12:16 AM   #9
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Thanks for letting us know the story behind our favorite ebook library program! And thanks for sharing Kovid with us - We know that he spends many hours helping us unravel our little oops and fulfilling "can you make it do that". We appreciate it.

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Old 02-15-2009, 12:21 AM   #10
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Thank you all. Wow this makes me feel like I am married to a celebrity.
Of course! Didn't you know that already?
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Old 02-15-2009, 12:27 AM   #11
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Of course! Didn't you know that already?
I did, but this was the first time I experienced it...
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Old 02-15-2009, 12:31 AM   #12
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Thank you all. Wow this makes me feel like I am married to a celebrity.
Not just a celebrity..........a well loved celebrity!
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Old 02-15-2009, 12:32 AM   #13
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Thank you all. Wow this makes me feel like I am married to a celebrity.
So much of a celebrity around here that when I noticed that another Goyal signed up as a new MR member, I saved the screenshot of the "Welcome our newest member screen" for posterity, guessing you were related to Kovid. (Also secretly hoping it would make me rich someday.)

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Thank you all. Wow this makes me feel like I am married to a celebrity.
Kovid isn't a celebrity? Well, now I feel like I've been scammed! I only use programs made by celebrities. *sigh* Back to the drawing board.
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