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- From: Kent Paul Dolan <kent@xanth.cs.odu.edu>
-
- John,
-
- Comment only: "SPARC" is a _horrible_ choice of names for a product
- connected with an ANSI (UNIX) standard, since the acronym is already
- used _within_ ANSI for its Standards Planning And Review Committee.
-
- I was on my third AT&T/Sun/SPARC posting reading before I realized
- that this committee was _not_ the subject matter! (I was once a
- member of ANSI/X3H3; thence the strong association.)
-
- This name conflict can do nothing but lead to endless confusion within
- standards efforts involving this product, and so I recommend that
- "SPARC" should be quickly replaced with a less overloaded name by
- AT&T/Sun.
-
- Kent, the man from xanth.
-
- (Usual "every proper name used herein (but mine) is probably a
- trademark of somebody" disclaimer.)
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 13, Number 40
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