Sorry I started something here, I guess maybe since I am bilingual I should post to the German language list.
Richard A Sharpe 8 Meadowview Lane Merrimack, NH 03054 "Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you, not because they are kind, but because you are." -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 11:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [opensuse] SuSE Open VS SuSE 10 professional Actually, for multilaualists it does matter ... On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 16:35 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote: > 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 :) Well, "Software" is an Anglisism in German these days. Such words are always written in capital letters in German. So Frank as a German knows what he is talking about. See the Wikipedia article: Suse. "SuSE was originally an acronym for the German phrase "Software- und System-Entwicklung" ("Software and system development"). The company is now simply called SuSE Linux, and "SuSE" does not officially stand for anything any more. There is unofficial rumour that the name is an analogy with the German computer pioneer Konrad Zuse. " That is why in Germany it was known as SuSE (S_oftware- u_nd S_ystem-E_ntwicklung). When it was sold, Novell took over the name and changed it to SUSE. In American and English there are no anglo-american conotated words it relates to anymore. peace Al > > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
