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From: maxwell@acsu.buffalo.edu (John H. Maxwell)
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Subject: Re: IBM--What does it mean? (was: Reading joystick)
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Date: 27 Dec 92 00:13:10 GMT
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In <822@nfsun.UUCP> gchamber@nfsun.UUCP (Glenn Chambers) writes:
>>>IBM: Incompatible Brain-damaged Machinery  ;-)
>>IBM: Inferior But Marketable
>>IBM: Industry's Biggest Mistake
>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)

Bradley Smith (brad@bradley.edu) writes:
>IBM: I've Been Mislead

How about:
IBM: Idiotic Bunch of Morons
IBM: I Bring Manuals

I can relate to both in my dealings with Big Blue!

    John Maxwell     maxwell@acsu.buffalo.edu