From: "Hakan" Received: from mxout4.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.168] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTP id 882049 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:23:21 -0500 Received: from mxin2.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.176]) by mxout4.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HHjO9-000HF6-IG for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:23:20 -0500 Received: from mout.perfora.net ([217.160.230.40]) by mxin2.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HHjO9-0002eV-A7 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:23:17 -0500 Received: from [70.20.208.58] (helo=progstn) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrelayus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0MKp2t-1HHjO72UaR-0004pA; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:23:16 -0500 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:22:16 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: "Hakan" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2382 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]OT: subversion (was: New Hardware was(Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: PCI..) Message-ID: <0MKp2t-1HHjO72UaR-0004pA@mrelay.perfora.net> X-Provags-ID: perfora.net abuse@perfora.net login:15932942dc79fdd7ddce274cd78af770 X-Provags-ID2: V01U2FsdGVkX1+4olDNknJ1stpHZclGhuvf9EutEnl94M8Fq6V5o4HXaT28n1E1CyoSP+jnv8+HsSnwT8NX1b4mlaDm8UvY2+seXmFd14nfSN2KhTlkHZoDjA== X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 217.160.230.40 X-Spam-Score: -0.3 (/) I suspect it has more to do with being subversive (vis-à-vis CVS as a version-control system), rather than a sub-version. On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:02:08 -0800, Steven Levine wrote: >In , on 02/15/07 > at 08:04 AM, "Stanley Sidlov" >said: > >>it should have been in quotes, what a dreadful name. Should be SubVersion >>or Sub-Version so that it is recognizable as a 'product' rather than a >>bad translation. > >I've often wondered how the name came to be, but never ran across an >explanation. > >http://subversion.tigris.org/ explains the project goal as > >"The goal of the Subversion project is to build a version control system >that is a compelling replacement for CVS in the open source community. The >software is released under an Apache/BSD-style open source license." > >I suspect the name was invented by a non-native English speaker who did >not understand the ideomatic implications, or perhaps he/she did. :-) > >There is a page explaning how to pronounce the name. > >http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn-committers/trunk/sounds/pronunciation/index.html > >Regards, > >Steven > >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >"Steven Levine" MR2/ICE 2.67 #10183 eCS/Warp/DIY/14.103a_W4 etc. >www.scoug.com irc.ca.webbnet.info #scoug (Wed 7pm PST) >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to >Send administrative queries to >To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: and reply to the confirmation email. > >This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal >P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- >electronic communications related to content >contained in these messages should be directed >to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >