It was originally settled by the Dutch, thus New Amsterdam. Later the English took over and changed it to New York.

Do you guys ever type anyting for the real world. You know, there are people besides the gods of tech who use computers and their attached keyboards. I almost never touch the Esc key. I use the Caps Lock key quite often. Have you ever typed the title to an article in Publisher, or PowerPoint (or your favorite Linux version of either)? have you ever used all caps for emphasis? These are almost always done using all caps. Switching back and forth between the two Shift keys would be a pain and would inconvenience a lot more people than reaching all the way up to the Esc key. You obviously have a techie way of changing the Caps Lock to whatever you wish it to be, so allow us mere mortals to have our Caps Lock.