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From: gchamber@nfsun.UUCP (Glenn Chambers)
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Subject: Re: IBM--What does it mean? (was: Reading joystick)
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Date: 22 Dec 92 13:36:15 GMT
References: <jboyle.723341435@godzilla.cgl.citri.edu.au> <veit.723370235@du9ds3> <1247@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com> <michaelv.724971348@tbird.cc.iastate.edu>
Reply-To: gchamber@nfsun.UUCP (Glenn Chambers)
Organization: Intelligent Technology Group, Pittsburgh, PA
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In article <michaelv.724971348@tbird.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
>In <1247@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com> dmp3592@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Dean M. Phillips) writes:
>
>>IBM: Incompatible Brain-damaged Machinery  ;-)
>
>IBM: Inferior But Marketable
>IBM: Industry's Biggest Mistake
>
>Any others? :)

IBM: I've Been Moved
IBM: International Brotherhood of Magicians
    (an actual organization)
IBM: Itty Bitty Machine company
    (an actual, probably defunct, computer store on the left coast)

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Glenn Chambers                       gchamber@vertex-software.com
Vertex Software                      ...!uunet!vertex-software.com!gchamber
Pittsburgh, PA