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Strategies & Market Trends : Rande Is . . . HOME
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To: ALTERN8 who wrote (45753)1/18/2001 12:29:45 PM
From: WhatsUpWithThat  Read Replies (1) of 57584
 
OT

"Fibre" is the British/Canadian spelling, "fiber" the American.

...though that has nothing to do with it in this situation. I read recently why Fibre Channel used that spelling: it was a marketing decision, a determination to avoid being associated only with actually using optical fiber <gg> connections, as FC is not by design restricted to optical fiber. (From the FCIA site, www.fibrechannel.com, "After a lengthy review of existing equipment and standards, the Fibre Channel standards group realized that channels and networks should be able to share the same fiber. (Note that "fiber" is used throughout this book as a generic term which can indicate either an optical or a copper cable.) ")

Cheers
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