What XOOPS stands for.

[Stiffler]

XOOPS = eXtended Object Orientated Portal System. The developers had to add a word on to the front otherwise it would be OOPS, and that is not good marketing.  :-) They eventual decided upon "Extended" because of the many enhancements over the other Portal Systems. However, there was a lot of talk as to what letter of "Extended" they should use. Many wanted LOOPS and the others wanted DOOPS, so they decided to use XOOPS as a compromise. And now you know the rest of the story.

Jon

[Elizabeth Weber]

aah,  i c.

Good to know.  I think LOOPS would not have been a great choice - rings too closely of "infinite loops", which is really just another oops.

[Guest]

And DOOPS makes it sound too much like someone's cheating at Diablo...

(any b.net diablo players get that one?)