On 16-Nov-05 Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Robert Cunningham
[11-16-05 16:46]: I Personally like SuSE myself of course I have been signing my name that way since I started using computers that had Upper/lower case. :)
But you are missing the point,ie: when a lady gets married, she _usually_ takes the family name of her husband. From then on you address her as <first-name><last-name-of-husband>, not <first-name><previous-last-name>.
Now there's an idea!
Ladies with a public profile (under their original names) sometimes
keep that, or sometimes append it to their husband's surname[1], or
vice versa.
I'm not sure of the gender identities of Novell and SuSE, though
there have been hints that "SuSE" suggests female.
Anyway, this idea suggests that on marriage
Novell + SuSE -> Novell-SuSE
(though some might prefer SuSE-Novell).
[1] E.g. Maria Sklodowska -> Marie Sklodowska on moving to Paris
-> Marie Curie on marrying Pierre Curie -- "Sklodowska" had
no "public profile";
daughter Irène Curie -> Irène Joliot-Curie when she married
Frédéric Joliot -- who also adopted the name Joliot-Curie
(who would not take the occasion to gain the name of Curie?)
Best wishes to all,
Ted.
PS "und" in German is never "Und" unless at the beginning of a
a sentence. Though it might be "UND" if the whole sentence
is in capitals. UND SO WEITER.
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