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Re: The Acorn Phoenix (was: Drop Acorn name ....)

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From: John Alldred
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00
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In article <488c30ba8ereghems@argonet.co.uk>, Reg Hems
<reghems@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In article <360DF801.C4F7B053@csi.com> Andrew Hill wrote:
> 
> >>> Somebody already thought of a name for the new company?
> >> I like it! "ISIS Technology". Hmmm, has a certain ring to it.
> >> 'IT' leading I.T. into the Next Millennium!
> > I think Andrew Hodgkinson put forward the right suggestion - just
> > didn't release it on the group. ARROW (ARm Risc Os Workstation)
> > As Steve Turnbull said - 'cute'. 
> 
> > I agree - it leaves the heritage of the machine, keeps the 'A' in
> > 'Archimedes' and 'Acorn'.
> 
> In that case RETAIN the ACORN name. [...]

Ummm, Reg ---  has something gone wrong with your copy of Pluto?

It seems that just recently, whenever you post an response to csam,
it automatically adds a cross-posting to argonet.acorn.misc . . . .

John


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From: John Alldred <protovale@argonet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: The Acorn Phoenix (was: Drop Acorn name ....)
Date: 1998/09/27
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