My comparison between GNUcash and Skrooge (if anyone is interested)

[John Ralls]

On Sep 29, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Bob Plantz <rgplantz at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gnucash-user-bounces+rgplantz=gmail.com at gnucash.org
>> [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+rgplantz=gmail.com at gnucash.org] On Behalf
>> Of Tommy Trussell
>> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 9:25 AM
>> To: The00Dustin at gmx.net
>> Cc: Algeorge; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: My comparison between GNUcash and Skrooge (if anyone is
>> interested)
>> 
>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Dustin Henning <The00Dustin at gmx.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Eric Ladner [mailto:eric.ladner at gmail.com]
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 5:17 AM, Dustin Henning <The00Dustin at gmx.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I didn't watch the video (because I'm more of a reading person), but
>>>> I'm not sure your pronunciation of GnuCash is wrong.  The reason I
>>>> say this is I saw the post that said something to the effect of
>>>> "most people I know pronounce it gu-noo", but I believe it is called
>>>> GnuCash because it is based on the Gnu public license, which I
>>>> believe comes from the Gnu operating system whose mascot is an
>>>> animal called a gnu (see gnu.org).  That gnu is pronounced new, not
>>>> gu-new, and therefore, if you pronounced it new-cash, I believe you
>>>> were right (and sometimes,
>>> most people are wrong, see history).
>>> 
>>> GNU, as in gnu.org pronounces the G.
>>> 
>>> Yes, the mascot is a gnu (pronounced like "noo" or "nu", but that's
>>> part of the pun, I suppose.  The name "GNU" is a recursive acronym
>>> meaning "GNU's Not Unix".
>>> 
>>> Listen to Richard Stallman (the guy that created it):
>>> http://www.gnu.org/pronunciation/pronunciation.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Eric Ladner
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Nice, not going to listen for the same reason I didn't watch the
>>> video, but I accept evidence/facts, just not "most people think/say."
>>> ;)
>>> 
>> 
>> Since several people on the list made a point of NOT watching the video, I
>> thought I would chime in one last time to say I only brought up the issue
> of
>> the pronunciation because because in the video he said "gee enn yoo cash,"
>> which I considered to be an unusual pronunciation, quite outside the usual
>> GNU = "guh-noo" vs GNU = "noo" debate.
>> 
>> ALL THAT SAID, I don't think it's WRONG to spell out "G.N.U." when
>> pronouncing GnuCash, though in my humble opinion it's not a very common
>> pronunciation.
>> 
> 
> I'm reminded of a talk I attended about the development of C++. The speaker
> said that he had heard "Bjarne Stroustrup" pronounced several different ways
> and was curious to know the correct pronunciation. He managed to get
> Stroustrup's telephone number. To his surprise, Stroustrup himself answered
> with, "Hello, this is Bjarne Stroustrup." The speaker said that he responded
> with, "You just answered my question."
> 

Dr. Stroustrup has obligingly answered that question on his FAQ page: http://www.stroustrup.com/pronounciation.wav

Regards,
John Ralls