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Re: [SLE] It's SuSE not SUSE
  • From: Allen <gorebofh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 04:17:52 +0000 (UTC)
  • Message-id: <20051117042129.GB19681@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 06:37:03AM -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 November 2005 05:16 pm, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
> > If you don't know what SuSE means, look it up.
> >
> LOL!!
>
> This will probably have already been answered, but SuSE is the old German name
> - Software und System Entwicklung - which means Software and System
> Development. (SaSD doesn't sound quite as nice, does it?) Of course since the
> Big Red N bought it out, they can change the name to whatever they want, so
> they just made the "und" into a U.

Ummm, SaSD wouldn't look good considering UND is how you spell it, and it
IS a "u" It's not AND, it's UND. SoftwareUndSystemEntwicklung. That is
SUSE.

Where you got "and" is beyond me.


> I'm suprised the U ins't red.

...

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> kai




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