Intranet to be named KUnet

KUnet is to be the name of the new intranet.

This is according to the University of Copenhagen intranet-project team, communication and IT department in an e-mail circular.

1,661 voted for KUnet, while only 480 voted for the racier option KUntra, which names the IT system with an English-language term of abuse.

See why the ‘Intranet is not for the prudish,’ here

‘Agora’ got 1,095, ‘PUNKT KU’, the name of the current system, got 845 votes while the – full points for originality here – ‘Intranet’ got 180.

Almost 80 people originally suggested the winning name. Visit
here for the names of the winners and their prizes.

»We received a total of 1,889 suggestions – some more entertaining than others – including Yggdrasil, KUline, KUrt, Inside and iKU, just to name a few. An independent jury narrowed the many name suggestions down to five finalists that competed in an open vote. A total of 4,261 people clicked in to cast a vote for their favourite,« the project group writes.

Read more about the new KUnet, here, where you can also watch the first episode of a trilogy about KUnet’s ancient and mysterious origin, with a starring role by a puppet that looks like Rector Ralf Hemmingsen.

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