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To: sandintoes who wrote (20193)8/15/2001 11:36:04 PM
From: William  Read Replies (3) of 62550
 
I know this is old, but worth a revisit:

Understanding acronyms at a glance is a crucial skill in
today's fast-paced, high-tech world, hence this list:

ISDN It Still Does Nothing

APPLE Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity

SCSI System Can't See It

DOS Defective Operating System

BASIC Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control

IBM I Blame Microsoft

DEC Do Expect Cuts

CD-ROM Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete Monthly

OS/2 Obsolete Soon, Too.

WWW World Wide Wait

MACINTOSH Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating
System Hangs

PENTIUM Produces Erroneous Numbers Through Incorrect
Understanding of Math

COBOL Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language

AMIGA A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction

LISP Lots of Infuriating Silly Parentheses

MIPS Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed

WINDOWS Will Install Needless Data On Whole System

MICROSOFT Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software
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