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Article #432Re: 80960KA and KB
From: Bob Bentley
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 1990 01:16
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 1990 01:16
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In article <1080@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU> mac@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU (Alex Colvin) writes: >> What does BiiN mean? > >well, since BiiT stands for "Because it is There", BiiN must be "... Not". > >Isn't it a Siemens/Intel venture to produce Ada systems? BiiN *was* a joint venture between Intel and Siemens - it was terminated last October. The name itself was generated by one of those name search companies and had no meaning (though the joke at Intel was that it stood for "Billions Invested In Nothing"). Bob Bentley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Intel Corp., M/S JF1-58 UUCP: rmb@omefs3.intel.com |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!ames!sun-barr!decwrl!orc!inews!iwarp.intel.com!omepd!omews59!rmb From: rmb@omews59.intel.com (Bob Bentley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: 80960KA and KB Message-ID: <5606@omepd.UUCP> Date: 20 Mar 90 01:16:09 GMT References: <25274@cup.portal.com> <3430002@col.hp.com> <1080@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU> Sender: news@omepd.UUCP Reply-To: rmb@omews59.UUCP (Bob Bentley) Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon Lines: 16