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Article #647Re: Call for discussion: comp.sys.ibm.rs6000
From: Paul S. R. Chisholm
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 1990 06:20
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 1990 06:20
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<Krasny Oktyabr: "The torpedo has acquisition!" That's the good news?> > In article <5661@brazos.Rice.edu> carlton@rice.edu writes: > >This is a call for discussion of the possibility of creating the > >newgroup comp.sys.ibm.rs6000. In article <18149@rpp386.cactus.org>, jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes: > There is a discussion underway at various places to quelch use of > this abreviation since there is some other vendor who is already > using such a notation [ I suspect the reference may be to Radio > Shack who has a "Model 6000" ]. Also, according to either PC WEEK or INFOWORLD, "R.S." is a common abbreviation in Australia for "rat feces". (Okay, "feces" doesn't start with an "s"; I cleaned it up a little, okay? See the problem?-) > John F. Haugh II, ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh, jfh@rpp386.cactus.org Paul S. R. Chisholm, AT&T Bell Laboratories att!pegasus!psrc, psrc@pegasus.att.com, AT&T Mail !psrchisholm I'm not speaking for the company, I'm just speaking my mind.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!dptg!pegasus!psrc From: psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Call for discussion: comp.sys.ibm.rs6000 Summary: "RS" may not be a popular abbreviation . . . Message-ID: <4543@pegasus.ATT.COM> Date: 19 Mar 90 06:20:05 GMT References: <5661@brazos.Rice.edu> <18149@rpp386.cactus.org> Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 21