Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!amd!eager From: eager@amd.UUCP (Mike Eager) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Trademark solution - finally an acronym Message-ID: <761@amd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 20:34:38 EST Article-I.D.: amd.761 Posted: Wed Dec 19 20:34:38 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 04:17:55 EST References: <6506@brl-tgr.ARPA> <1172@trwrba.UUCP> Organization: AMD Applications, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 14 > It is a sad state of affairs indeed when you can't even refer to > a product by its name. Now we're expected to refer to the Holy of > Holys by an ACRONYM instead of by its proper name.... > > > GEEE-OOOODDDSSSS! > - John Isn't this how the Israelites refered to God -- they used an acronym of YHWH -- Yahweh (or Jehovah)? Not the real name, mind you, but an acronym. Now we know the acronym, but we don't know what it stood for. We could do the same for U**X!! :-)