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title: On Quote of the day, German, SOA and the origins of the name Huckleberry Finn
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> “The only thing in the world harder than learning German is trying to explain SOA-ESA to an audience of HR executives without causing them undue pain and suffering.”

[Thomas Otter](http://theotherthomasotter.wordpress.com/), SAP Solution Architect.



How about the theory that Mark Twain might have got the idea for “Huckleberry” from his visit to Heidelberg: read Thomas’ blog to find out more.





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