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In article <CD91145A389FE3041F@MAX.U.WASHINGTON.EDU>, DEREK@U.WASHINGTON.EDU writes:
|>>What does AXP stand for in `OpenVMS AXP (Alpha)'?
|>>
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|>>        Tarif Halabi, Crowntek Business Centers, Toronto, Ontario
|>>        xbrix.uucp!thalabi or thalabi@xbrix.uucp
|>>        psi%302043800069::thalabi
|>>        +1 416 507-5070
|>
|>The story I heard from our local account manager is:
|>
|>        "It doesn't stand for anything.  That's why it was used!"
|>
|>Something about problems with trademarks.  Anyway, I believe he said that
|>that there is going to be some sort of a contest to "name the Alpha", and
|>come up with a meaning for AXP.
|>
	...
|>STARLET....   Anyway, this all leads me to think that AXP *DOES* have some
|>meaning -- at least, unofficially.

In this case, your account manager is exactly correct.  It really *DOESN'T*
stand for anything (other than as another indictment of the fact that the
world has too many lawyers! :-)

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