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Dan Abel

In article >,
(Phred) wrote:

> In article >,
> Dan Abel > wrote:
> >In article >,
> > "jmcquown" > wrote:

> >> I have no idea what Peter is talking about. Au gratin is cooking a term,
> >> it's not designed to impress anyone.
> >
> >I disagree. Who would make a dish called "Crummy Cauliflower"?
>
> Probably the same people who use something called SAP as a corporate
> database. Oh... They're often public service departments here...
> That figures! :-)

"SAP" stands for Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der
Datenverarbeitung. They are the largest business software company in
the world. Perhaps the word "sap" doesn't have a meaning in German.
I've never heard it pronounced as one syllable, but rather as three. I
spent several years working with software called PeopleSoft. They are
major competitors.

> >"Cauliflower au Gratin" sounds much more impressive, even though it
> >means about the same.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA