[texhax] why is it called MiKTeX?

[Uwe Lueck]

"Arno Trautmann" <Arno.Trautmann at gmx.de>, 09.11.2010 09:11:54:
> a simple question this time: Why is MiKTeX called MiKTeX? I couldn’t
> find anything on the project's page.

I have often wondered about the same question, even read Christian 
Schenk's interview

    http://tug.org/interviews/schenk.html

in vain. What about asking on the MiKTeX mailing list?

Cheers, 

    Uwe.