Re: [SLE] It's SuSE not SUSE
On 11/16/2005 05:43 AM, James Knott wrote:
Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 11/15/2005 08:14 PM, Philipp Thomas wrote:
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:16:29 -0500, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
If you don't know what SuSE means, look it up.
Wrong, it's SUSE. The special meaning it once had is purely historical.
Do you mean that SUSE is no longer a "Gesellschaft für Software und System Entwicklung"?
It's not uncommon for companies to register an acronym as a trade name. One example would be IBM. IIRC, "IBM" is a registered trademark. Hardly anyone says "International Business Machines" these days. Apparently you missed the devious grin I added many lines further down (intentionally so), below the bottom of most peoples' screens. But since you mention this, the company was originally named "Gesellschaft für Software und System Entwicklung mbH" -- S.u.S.E GmbH -- which translates (quite literally) to "Company for Software and System Development, having limited liability." On this side of the Big Pond, that becomes S.u.S.E. Co., Ltd.
I really don't know why so many at suse refer to this as having once been some "special meaning" as if it originates in some ancient and obscure dead language, or represents some long-forgotten druidic ritual. The periods doubtless confused the blazes out of most non-German speakers, but that is hardly any reason for even the slightest hint of embarrassment over the origins of the corporate name, nor even for slipping in the uppercase "u".
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:03:16 -0600, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
Apparently you missed the devious grin I added many lines further down (intentionally so),
You nearly got me with that :) Only when replying did I notice the grin and aborted the flame I was about to write.
I really don't know why so many at suse refer to this as having once been some "special meaning"
The special meaning *is*, that it once was an abbreviation. But in time the name of the company changed and it just isn't an abbreviation anymore.
but that is hardly any reason for even the slightest hint of embarrassment over the origins of the corporate name
There isn't any embarrassment, really. BTW, it's actually *two* companies nowadays, SUSE Linux GmbH and SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, with the latter being the company that creates SUSE Linux and all the other Linux based products. Philipp
On 11/16/2005 02:48 PM, Philipp Thomas wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:03:16 -0600, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
Apparently you missed the devious grin I added many lines further down (intentionally so),
You nearly got me with that :) Only when replying did I notice the grin and aborted the flame I was about to write.
Your welcome; I hope you didn't waste too much time thinking about your flame :)
I really don't know why so many at suse refer to this as having once been some "special meaning"
The special meaning *is*, that it once was an abbreviation. But in time the name of the company changed and it just isn't an abbreviation anymore.
A suggestion, perhaps? Just say that it used to be an abbreviation, maybe even say what it meant (though there are enough references on the internet for that). There doesn't seem to me to be anything special about an abbreviation; why, the Americans do it all the time, such as taking the 'u' out of "honour" ;)
embarrassment over the origins of the corporate name
There isn't any embarrassment, really.
I only stated my impression of what it sounded like. Appearance is often more important than intent. I actually have another interest in this; I never did learn if the s and w in "Software" were a German s and w, or English ones, and probably now I will never know. :)
Darryl Gregorash wrote:
I really don't know why so many at suse refer to this as having once been some "special meaning" as if it originates in some ancient and obscure dead language, or represents some long-forgotten druidic ritual. The periods doubtless confused the blazes out of most non-German speakers, but that is hardly any reason for even the slightest hint of embarrassment over the origins of the corporate name, nor even for slipping in the uppercase "u".
I thought it was written on a pair of stone tablets, up on a mountain. ;-)
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Darryl Gregorash
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James Knott
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Philipp Thomas