Matts (email not shown publicly) I work for MessageLabs [messagelabs.com] in Toronto, ON, Canada. I write spam filters, MTA software, high performance network software, string matching algorithms, and other cool stuff mostly in Perl and C.
So it's meant to be as in "span" - to span multiple disks. But the logo is a DVD with a wrench (spanner) across it. I have no idea where you're from or how you might pronounce those two words differently.:-)
What's a spanner? (Score:1)
in 'bridge span', 'hand span' and 'spammer'?
Or is it like the 'a' in 'spanner' (=wrench)?
Re: (Score:2)
So it's meant to be as in "span" - to span multiple disks. But the logo is a DVD with a wrench (spanner) across it. I have no idea where you're from or how you might pronounce those two words differently.
Australian Drawl (Score:1)
Where the 'can' in 'tin can' is longer than the 'can' in 'can do.'
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_length [wikipedia.org]