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Re:Geizhals Preisvergleich Donates USD 10k to the Perl and R... by lazyjones on Thursday September 18, 2025 @12:54PM (#45292002)
The domain was a gift by the founders of inode (former Austrian ISP) and the website grew pretty fast after the brand change in 1999.

But it curiously turned out that while Austrians mostly like the name (notable exeptions were delusional marketing people of "premium brands" considering advertising on the site), Germans are really not so fond of it. Cultural differences, I suppose.

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Re:Geizhals Preisvergleich Donates USD 10k to the Perl and R... by jijijijij on Friday September 19, 2025 @09:54AM (#45301702)
I think it mostly hasn’t aged well. Idk, seems like a relict of an era when people couldn’t have foreseen how language and the internet have evolved. This kind if vulgarity was en vogue in marketing once, kinda boomer stuff.

Also, I wasn’t aware it's Austrian, or I wouldn’t have made the Goethe remark. Thanks for the background info!

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