[plug] rute.sourceforge.net

[James Elliott]

Thanks for your comments, Russell.

I must admit that I have often wondered what "rute" means too ... for that
matter "sourceforge" is another trendy sounding word I would like to know
the origin of.

I will see what I can find out.

Regards

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Keith-Magee" <Russell.Magee at calytrix.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 10:22 AM
Subject: RE: [plug] rute.sourceforge.net


>
> > On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 09:49:32AM +0800, James Elliott wrote:
> > >  I have been reading
> > > sections of it on the Internet and have been thinking of buying
> > the book.  I
> > > would be interested in hearing what you and others think about it - in
> > > particular, how recent/up-to-date is it?
> >
> > I have *not* read the whole thing, so these are my initial
> > impressions.
>
> This is probably going to make me look like an idiot, but...
>
> WTF is a Rute?
>
> I had a quick look at the contents and preface, and skimmed over the first
> few chapters; it looks to me like a basic computing/sysadmin book, but no
> mention is made of what a Rute might be.
>
> Rute isn't the authors name. Google doesn't identify Rute as a product,
> other than the book in question.
>
> Or is it just a really really bad attempt at a recursive acronym? GNU
works
> because GNU is the name of an organisation, so GNU is a noun; PINE works
> because PINE Is Not Elm, therefore PINE is a noun; Rute (note: no caps)
> sounds like it should be a noun, as in "I use Rute for my frobnicating";
the
> title is even "Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition", implying "I can use
> Rute", but damned if I've ever heard of a Rute...
>
> <bad joke>
> How do I get me a Rute?
> </bad joke>
>
> Sorry.. couldn't pass that one up... :-)
>
> Russ %-)
>
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