SPARC name conflict noted

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From: Kent Paul Dolan
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1988 16:23

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From: Kent Paul Dolan <kent@xanth.cs.odu.edu>

John,

Comment only: "SPARC" is a _horrible_ choice of names for a product
connected with an ANSI (UNIX) standard, since the acronym is already
used _within_ ANSI for its Standards Planning And Review Committee.

I was on my third AT&T/Sun/SPARC posting reading before I realized
that this committee was _not_ the subject matter!  (I was once a
member of ANSI/X3H3; thence the strong association.)

This name conflict can do nothing but lead to endless confusion within
standards efforts involving this product, and so I recommend that
"SPARC" should be quickly replaced with a less overloaded name by
AT&T/Sun.

Kent, the man from xanth.

(Usual "every proper name used herein (but mine) is probably a
trademark of somebody" disclaimer.)

Volume-Number: Volume 13, Number 40

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