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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: YAA - Yet Another Acronymn
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- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:06:14 GMT
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- In <1992Sep10.014315.1@vax1.umkc.edu> tmaehl@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
-
- > ADB Apple Desktop Bus
- > ADSP Appletalk Data Streaming Protocol (?)
- > AFP Appletalk Filing Protocol(?)
- > ARA Appletalk Remote Access(?)
- > DAL Data Access Language
- > DAM Data Access Manager
- > OCE Open Collaberative Effort
- > PDA Personal Digital Assistant
- > PIE Personal Intelligent Electronics(?)
-
- Fortunately, most of these are programmer- rather than user-level
- features. Apple PIE is the name of a corporate division and probably
- an excuse to say things like "Products as easy as...." in the marketing
- literature.
-
- >Of course, no mac programmer would fail to recognize HIG, MPW or IM,
-
- Well, I don't recognize HIG. I'd guess it probably stands for
- Human Interface Notes, but I don't think I've seen it before.
-
-
- >Still, I wonder if acronymns don't help sell computers, especially
- >into business.
-
- >Saying: "We're intending to implement both EDI and EIS services using
- >SQL through DAL over DAM on an ISDN LAN, tied to PDA and PIE's through
- >OCE via ARA as a WAN, and RSTS public keys for DSV," sure sounds a lot
- >more impressive than saying, "We're going to use Macs and Newtons to
- >provide e-mail and sales figures to the executive staff."
-
- >Which do *you* think the VP of CIS will be to get the CFO to
- >sign a PO for? <grin>
-
- Actually, I don't think the acronyms would make the VP more
- likely to sign the purchase order. I do think it would make
- him less likely to ask a lot of questions before he signs the
- purchase order. If it's something he thinks can understand,
- he may want to know all the details. If it's a string of
- mumb-jumbo buzzwords, he may be afraid to ask.
-
- Being able to use a lot of jargon also makes your job sound
- important. If you make it sound too simple, people may wonder
- if it's worth the salary they're paying you.
-
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