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- From: hal@pollux (Hal N. Brooks)
- Subject: Re: MLIS (was Micropolis (MILS)
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- References: <22JAN199310170290@vx.cis.umn.edu> <C1AE0s.4n7@athena.cs.uga.edu> <14041@optilink.COM>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:13:47 GMT
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- In article <14041@optilink.COM> brad@optilink.COM (Brad Yearwood) writes:
- >In article <C1AE0s.4n7@athena.cs.uga.edu>, hal@pollux (Hal N. Brooks) writes:
- >#
- ># Also, I have a vague recollection of a hard drive manufacturer
- ># in 1988 or so being accused of cooking the books. As I recall,
- ># they were accused of shipping bricks (I swear, that's the way
- ># I remember it) to make it look like they were shipping more
- ># than they actually were. Was that Micropolis? I'm pretty sure
- ># it started with an M, and I remember confusing two such companies
- ># at the time.
- >#
- >
- >NOT! It was Miniscribe which was accused of cooking the books and shipping
- >bricks. Under the esteemed leadership of the aptly named Q.T. Wiles.
- >
-
- Well, thank you (as well) for clearing that up. As I pointed
- out, my recollection was vague, but I was pretty sure the
- company name started with an 'M'.
-
- It seems I'm not the only one that has trouble keeping all those
- 'M' companies straight, because Gary Hester seems to think it
- was Micro Science.
-
- I'm sure you must be right, too! :-)
-
- My advice: just to be on the safe side, never order a hard drive
- of a manufacturer whose name starts with an 'M'. :-)
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