Re: Cynicism was LMT and Siebel/Peoplesoft?

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:18:29 GMT, nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam (Nuno Souto) wrote:

>Ed Stevens doodled thusly:
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>>Memories from the dim past, please fill in for my failed brain cell . . .
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>>B - Burroughs
>>U - Univc nope: UNIVAC!!!!

Actually, I once worked in a shop that had both IBM and UNIVAC. We IBM'ers referred to that other machine as a 'Uni-whack' and the programmers that worked with it as 'Uniwhackers.'

Interestingly, a Yahoo search on 'univac' turns up not only computer references (spelled both 'Univac' and 'UNIVAC' but also a 'Canine 7-way vaccine for the immunization of healthy puppies and dogs against distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus, parainfluenza.'

>>N - National Cash Register (NCR)
>>C- CDC (Control Data Corporation)
>>H - Honeywell
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>later changed to the BSNCH (pronounced "bzntsh")
>when Univac became Sperry. :-D

Doh!
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>Cheers
>Nuno Souto
>nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam

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Ed Stevens
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