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Subject: Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete
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> From: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin@fastmail.fm>
> Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:54:00 +0300
> Cc: Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
>  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> +1 for the name change, because Fido was a pre-Internet-era BBS network
> popular at least in Russia.  I was too young when it was operational,
> but even for me the name would be confusing.

FWIW, I know what Fido was, but I don't find the name fido-mode
problematic in any sense.