Comments on: Hello!?!? It’s Called BO XI 3, not XI Release 3! http://www.businessobjectstips.com/blog/its-called-bo-xi-3x-not-xir3/ Business Objects tips, tricks, articles, blog, guides... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Nayala http://www.businessobjectstips.com/blog/its-called-bo-xi-3x-not-xir3/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Nayala Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:08:27 +0000 http://www.businessobjectstips.com/?p=511#comment-1892 Hi Julian, I recently discovered this website and it's really wonderful. Nice informative topics relevant to SAP BO products. I would love to see an article on Profiles & Publications on BOT. FYI all, XI in BOE XI stands for "Xtreme Insight" and not "Xtreme Intelligence" :) Cheers, S N Hi Julian,

I recently discovered this website and it’s really wonderful. Nice informative topics relevant to SAP BO products. I would love to see an article on Profiles & Publications on BOT.

FYI all,

XI in BOE XI stands for “Xtreme Insight” and not “Xtreme Intelligence” :)

Cheers,
S N

]]> By: Russell http://www.businessobjectstips.com/blog/its-called-bo-xi-3x-not-xir3/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Russell Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:33:34 +0000 http://www.businessobjectstips.com/?p=511#comment-548 Hi, first time poster here :) I have been administering Business Objects for our company since version 4 back in 1999/2000. I must admit that when "XI" was announced my first thought was the number "eleven". My second thought was "my God, that's quite a leap in releases!), but then I realised BO had acquired Crystal and had merged their product toolsets accordingly. Having said that I do think "Xtreme Intelligence" is a bloody awful term to describe a product! I just use "XI" as it trips off the tongue while at the same time sounding sufficiently "techie" enough to show people you know what you're doing. As for the "release" bit. Am glad they're getting rid of that. Sounds more like a glorified Service Pack (which in one respect it probably is) Thanks - and keep up the good work! Hi, first time poster here :)

I have been administering Business Objects for our company since version 4 back in 1999/2000. I must admit that when “XI” was announced my first thought was the number “eleven”. My second thought was “my God, that’s quite a leap in releases!), but then I realised BO had acquired Crystal and had merged their product toolsets accordingly.

Having said that I do think “Xtreme Intelligence” is a bloody awful term to describe a product! I just use “XI” as it trips off the tongue while at the same time sounding sufficiently “techie” enough to show people you know what you’re doing.

As for the “release” bit. Am glad they’re getting rid of that. Sounds more like a glorified Service Pack (which in one respect it probably is)

Thanks – and keep up the good work!

]]> By: Julian http://www.businessobjectstips.com/blog/its-called-bo-xi-3x-not-xir3/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Julian Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:31:21 +0000 http://www.businessobjectstips.com/?p=511#comment-215 Excellent point Marshall! I guess I got so caught up in the "release" part of the name that I missed the obvious arrested development of the "XI" nomenclature. Funny. "XI" means so much yo me now. :-) Excellent point Marshall! I guess I got so caught up in the “release” part of the name that I missed the obvious arrested development of the “XI” nomenclature. Funny. “XI” means so much yo me now. :-)

]]> By: Marshall http://www.businessobjectstips.com/blog/its-called-bo-xi-3x-not-xir3/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Marshall Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:02:58 +0000 http://www.businessobjectstips.com/?p=511#comment-214 As an interesting related note, I asked a SAP-BO consultant we have working with us why it was still BO XI when they moved to Version 12. Shouldn't it be BO XII, asks this former Classics student? Well, probably. Except that apparently some of the salesmen have been marketing the XI as standing for Xtreme Intelligence! Seriously. In some circles, we are now using BusinessObjects Xtreme Intelligence 3. And, it would seem that they couldn't come up with a clever use for another I in their acronym. Like, I don't know, Interactive. As an interesting related note, I asked a SAP-BO consultant we have working with us why it was still BO XI when they moved to Version 12. Shouldn’t it be BO XII, asks this former Classics student? Well, probably. Except that apparently some of the salesmen have been marketing the XI as standing for Xtreme Intelligence! Seriously. In some circles, we are now using BusinessObjects Xtreme Intelligence 3.

And, it would seem that they couldn’t come up with a clever use for another I in their acronym. Like, I don’t know, Interactive.

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