I suspect it has more to do with being subversive (vis-ŕ-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 <list-881340@2rosenthals.com>, on 02/15/07
> at 08:04 AM, "Stanley Sidlov" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
>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
>
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