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Re: [opensuse] SuSE Open VS SuSE 10 professional
- From: Anders Johansson <ajohansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:35:15 +0100
- Message-id: <200511241635.15715.ajohansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Thursday 24 November 2005 16:27, Frank Steiner wrote:
> Although agreeing with everything else you sadi..
>
> Donald Ade wrote
>
> > p.s. It can be spelled Suse, SuSEor SUSE.
>
> No, not really :-) Just like you can't spell "iBm" or "IbM". SuSE is an
> acronym and the case sensivity is defined by orthographic rules of the
> german language.
The word "Software" has nothing to do with the German language :)
> And you cannot just redefine the orthographic rules
> of the german language. If you write SuSE a different way, it is just
> wrong. Of course you can decide to misspell any word you want, but
> it will be wrong...
SuSE used to be an acronym, but it isn't anymore. Since a while now, the
correct way to write it is SUSE and nothing else. It no longer stands for
anything
> Although agreeing with everything else you sadi..
>
> Donald Ade wrote
>
> > p.s. It can be spelled Suse, SuSEor SUSE.
>
> No, not really :-) Just like you can't spell "iBm" or "IbM". SuSE is an
> acronym and the case sensivity is defined by orthographic rules of the
> german language.
The word "Software" has nothing to do with the German language :)
> And you cannot just redefine the orthographic rules
> of the german language. If you write SuSE a different way, it is just
> wrong. Of course you can decide to misspell any word you want, but
> it will be wrong...
SuSE used to be an acronym, but it isn't anymore. Since a while now, the
correct way to write it is SUSE and nothing else. It no longer stands for
anything
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