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Re: Worst product name award

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From: Chris Perleberg
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1987 06:14
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In article <1107@uhccux.UUCP> cm450s02@uhccux.UUCP (jeff t. segawa) writes:
>In article <618@applix.UUCP> scott@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden) writes:
>>Moses PromiseLAN        ?   ???
>
>Hmmm. That IS pretty bad. I thought Lotus had the worst name with 
>"Modern Jazz". After Symphony and Jazz, I can't help but wonder what
>the next product will be called. Lotus Heavy Metal, perhaps? Why no one
>at Lotus ever thought of calling the new product "4-5-6" is beyond me.

Maybe not such a bad name after all.  It'll be 40 years before we see
that "Promised LAN" ;-)
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From: pchris@sim.Berkeley.EDU (Chris Perleberg)
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Subject: Re: Worst product name award
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