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Subject:Re: Antwort: What are SMEs? From:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> To:kerstin -dot- molthagen -at- etas -dot- de Date:Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:07:55 -0600
Great guesses, Kerstin! I especially like "Screaming Mean Engineers" and
"Software Makes Emptiness," but it really means Subject Matter Experts.
HTH
Jo Byrd
kerstin -dot- molthagen -at- etas -dot- de wrote:
> Hi Sharon!
>
> (I hope you don't mind getting this twice too much - I forgot to change the
> address...)
>
> I've seen the acronym used frequently, and I'm afraid I don't know what it
> stands for.
> Since we're using English here, I'll venture the following guesses:
>
> - Smiling Manual Editors?
> - Screaming Mean Engineers?
> - Sandwich-Making Employees?
> - Software Makes Emptiness?
> - Small Manuals Eligible?
>
> (In short, I don't know... ;-) )
>
> Ciao,
> Kerstin
