Where does the name Jelsoft come from?

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  • boatdesign
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2001
    • 536
    #1

    Where does the name Jelsoft come from?

    Just curious - what are the origins of the name "Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd."?
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    • Techguy1
      Senior Member
      • Jul 2002
      • 628
      • 3.7.x
      #2
      As I read just a few days ago, it stands for James Edward Limm Software
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        • Cary
          Senior Member
          • Apr 2002
          • 4433
          • 3.6.x
          #3
          I always thought it stood for Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. Software...

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            • BillaBongUSA
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2002
              • 953
              #4
              So wait, it's JELSoft Enterprises Ltd. Software? Wouldn't that mean that you could expand that to JELSoft Enterprises Ltd. Software Enterprises Ltd. Software? And then you could, like, expand it again, but then I would get confused.
              http://www.arsegaming.com/dice/index.php/stuff.jpg

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                • Kier
                  Former Lead Developer, vBulletin
                  • Sep 2000
                  • 8179
                  #5
                  Originally posted by BillaBongUSA
                  So wait, it's JELSoft Enterprises Ltd. Software? Wouldn't that mean that you could expand that to JELSoft Enterprises Ltd. Software Enterprises Ltd. Software? And then you could, like, expand it again, but then I would get confused.
                  You can look at it either way (James E Limm Software or Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. Software) but to answer your question, having a recursive name is fairly popular these days...

                  For example:

                  GNU stands for 'GNU is Not Unix'
                  PHP stands for 'PHP Hypertext Processor'

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                    • IDN
                      Senior Member
                      • Apr 2002
                      • 4030
                      • 3.5.x
                      #6
                      I have never heard people say GNU is linux?
                      Running vB since 4-14-2002

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                        • DWZ
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2002
                          • 985
                          • 2.2.9
                          #7
                          Originally posted by IDN
                          I have never heard people say GNU is linux?
                          Thats because they put a subliminal in their name

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                            • ManagerJosh
                              Senior Member
                              • Jun 2002
                              • 9922
                              #8
                              Gees someone drag John or James in to enlighten us
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                                • 0ptima
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Jan 2002
                                  • 1557
                                  #9
                                  Another one.... LAME: LAME Ain't an Mp3 Encoder

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                                    • 0ptima
                                      Senior Member
                                      • Jan 2002
                                      • 1557
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Kier
                                      You can look at it either way (James E Limm Software or Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. Software) but to answer your question, having a recursive name is fairly popular these days...

                                      For example:

                                      GNU stands for 'GNU is Not Unix'
                                      PHP stands for 'PHP Hypertext Processor'
                                      So from what you are saying, GNU, PHP, etc are called recursive ?

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                                        • Chen
                                          Senior Member
                                          • Jun 2001
                                          • 8388
                                          #11
                                          The names are called recursive acronyms.
                                          http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/r/recursive_acronym.html
                                          Chen Avinadav
                                          Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

                                          גם אני מאוכזב מסיקור תחרות לתור מוטור של NRG הרשת ע"י מעריב

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                                            • JAWilliams
                                              Senior Member
                                              • Mar 2001
                                              • 201
                                              • 3.0.0 'Gold'
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Cary
                                              I always thought it stood for Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. Software...
                                              I have known John for over 10 years, and James since '99 and they both told me it was James Edward Limm Enterprises

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                                                • N9ne
                                                  Senior Member
                                                  • Mar 2002
                                                  • 2477
                                                  • 3.5.0 Beta
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Kier
                                                  You can look at it either way (James E Limm Software or Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. Software) but to answer your question, having a recursive name is fairly popular these days...

                                                  For example:

                                                  GNU stands for 'GNU is Not Unix'
                                                  PHP stands for 'PHP Hypertext Processor'
                                                  Isn't PHP, PHP Hypertext preprocessor?

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                                                    • mafo0
                                                      Senior Member
                                                      • Apr 2003
                                                      • 352
                                                      • 3.0.0 Gamma
                                                      #14
                                                      what does the "v" in vbulletin stand for??

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                                                        • Cary
                                                          Senior Member
                                                          • Apr 2002
                                                          • 4433
                                                          • 3.6.x
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by mafo0
                                                          what does the "v" in vbulletin stand for??
                                                          http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...threadid=45774

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