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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
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Subject: Re: Question for Freeware authors
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> Language is an evolving thing.  Flugelman was the guy that made up the
> term "freeware".  This has become a part of our living language.
> 
> I think there might be room left in the language for one more word:
> a word that will cause this fellow to be remembered.
> 

It's this reasoning that keeps us measuring frequency in Hertz and
conductivity in Siemenns.   Next thing, we'll have to start calling
the C compiler "Ritchie."

-Ron

Frequency is measured in cycles,
  not cubits, bushels, or yards.
Hertz rents cars.

If number one isn't enough, and number two tries hard enough,
kilohertz would soon become kiloavis.