Why is called Kazaa?

[Phosfor]

Kazaa was my first p2p program but just as everyone else I stoped using it and switched to bittorrent a few years ago. But I have never really understod why the program is called 'kazaa'. Does anyone know?

[Vargas]

The word means "Let's go" in Korean and "Goat" in Russian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazaa#Trivia

[mattnmarley]

People still use Kazaa?

[Phosfor]

The word means "Let's go" in Korean and "Goat" in Russian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazaa#Trivia

Thanks. They prbably ment 'let's go' when they created it. Using 'Goat' seems a little weird :P


People still use Kazaa?

At least I do not know anyone...

[AlexV]

I learn something new everyday. Going to refer to it as the goat from now on.

[trobinson97]

Goat as in Greatest of all Time.

[OmaRin0]

thanks for the information :D

[surubi]

Ive used it some time. Nice info. thx.

[thewizeard]

The word means "Let's go" in Korean and "Goat" in Russian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazaa#Trivia

They would have called it Sheep...but there was not one to be found during the annual Welsh bachelor feast of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

After much discussion, using the famous Dutch Polder Model to make the decision, Kazaa as alternative to "Sheep"was eventually chosen; knowing that most Kazaa users were capable of writing maximum 4 letter words(WTF being by far their favorite), and also, one of the developers did actually mention that Kazaa has 5 letters in it.... :blink: But he was out vogoated

[Timer]

They prbably ment 'let's go' when they created it. Using 'Goat' seems a little weird :P



And using 'mule' is better?:rolleyes:

[Damnatory]

I figured it was because they couldn't just plagiarize code and call it "Morpheus" again.

[express98]

Thought is was they couldnt spell crap lol

[thewizeard]

Crap was already in use ... XP is it's better knownname...

[industrial_one]

It also means "Household" in Latin. So it might've been based on the idea of some "large storage" place -- on the other hand, that sounds more like Napster. Kazaa is an unregulatable anonymous network.

[Sonnentier]

I also always wondered why it is called Kazaa.

Isn't there also Kazaam the genie in a bottle, from this one movie-
might there be any connection, like Kazaa will fullfill you every wish?

[DyNast]

They prbably ment 'let's go' when they created it. Using 'Goat' seems a little weird :P



And using 'mule' is better?:rolleyes:
Using eMule is much better

[neriasis]

Thank you!

[torrentpoptarts]

Thanks. They prbably ment 'let's go' when they created it. Using 'Goat' seems a little weird :P

What's so weird about 'Goat'? You've already got eMule, eDonkey, Bear Share... heck even Napster is a little Cat-thing with headphones (even though it's not technically file-sharing anymore, you can still see there's a trend).

[fr3x3r]

thx to nfo!

[flamers]

kazaa is like a goat.....it is an ass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Wild_Ass), as in sucks---

[suppli3r]

thanks for the info but i dont like kazaa

[fstuser]

I like it.

[McBride]

Thanks for the information ...

[adlez]

holy shit, kazaa's still around...i gotta check it out. sorry but the "kazaa is back" thread is locked, i just have to express my surprise =p

[Peanut]

i wont touch that with a ten foot poll

[Lanko]

and why is called KAZZA ?

[john pal]

plausible explanations for being all or one of the choices :yes:

[oneillsurf]

a source of mine told me its from a swedish word called kassa which means counter and in some way they transfered that swedish word inte a useless english word and look what they did !

[r3volut1onx]

i didn't knew that... good info

[bentomans]

i never used it

[dragoi92]

I never used it
I used limewire and now torrent world
BITorrent