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From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Create net.cim Group
Message-ID: <1339@utah-gr.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 9-Feb-85 23:41:47 EST
Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1339
Posted: Sat Feb  9 23:41:47 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 11-Feb-85 05:29:23 EST
References: <344@haddock.UUCP>
Reply-To: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
Organization: Univ of Utah CS Dept
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In article <344@haddock.UUCP> stevel@haddock.UUCP writes:
>How about calling it net.cadcam instead. I think it would then be
>obvious to everybody what the group is about.

(-: Semi-facetious remark follows :-) You apparently don't understand
the background of the term "CIM".  See, the problem is that CAD/CAM has
been around so long without producing any useful results that companies
working in the area found it necessary to make up a new buzzword, to
indicate that they were working on new and better problems, and to get
away from the "useless" CAD/CAM image.  You can only promise something
for so long without delivering before people start getting restless.
But if you promise something NEW, you can start the cycle over.

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