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Article #141Re: New York Times article on BBS's
From: Cliff Heller
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:20
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:20
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In <1992Jul23.180127.1359@qiclab.scn.rain.com> leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:
>medic@milton.u.washington.edu (Travis Lauricella) writes:
>For what it is worth, The *format* is owned by Compuserve. They just
>let folks use it freely. And the standards document says it is pronounced
>"jif"...
For what it's worth, NOBODY has ever attempted to dictate pronounciation of
an acronym in a standards document. The only reason CIS did it is because
they are going out of their way to have people pronounce it in a way that
is not normal. I don't recognize their right to do that.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!rutgers!cmcl2!panix!fnord From: fnord@panix.com (Cliff Heller) Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's Message-ID: <1992Jul24.152041.28854@panix.com> Date: 24 Jul 92 15:20:41 GMT References: <1992Jul20.080858.145@sdg.dra.com> <rdippold.711661229@cancun> <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> <14kv1kINNg06@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <medic.711862598@milton> <1992Jul23.180127.1359@qiclab.scn.rain.com> Organization: Right Bleedin' Church of Libertine Obfuscatology Lines: 18