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  2. From: brydon@dsn.sinet.slb.com
  3. Newsgroups: vmsnet.internals
  4. Subject: RE: AXP
  5. Message-ID: <9211101741.AA15499@sndsu1.sinet.slb.com>
  6. Date: 10 Nov 92 17:41:21 GMT
  7. Organization: Macro32<==>Vmsnet.Internals Gateway
  8. Lines: 24
  9. X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List
  10.  
  11. Brian J. Schenkenberger (SCHENKENBERG@Monmouth-ETDL1.Army.MIL - ?) sez:
  12. >-  AXP
  13. >
  14. >>> "It doesn't stand for anything". Well, we can all speculate.
  15. >
  16. >Seems to me that if it's a product coming from DEC it should stand for:
  17. >
  18. >        Another eXpensive Product...
  19. >
  20. >Along this line of thinking, I can forsee an entire product line...
  21. >
  22. >OpenVMS  Another eXpensive Product...
  23. >PathWorks  Another eXpensive Product...
  24. >VMScluster  Another eXpensive Product...
  25. >DECservice  Another eXpensive Product...  ;-)
  26.  
  27. I think you may be pleasantly surprised.  DEC seems to be quite serious about
  28. being quite competitive with the Alpha.
  29.  
  30. [I find this kind of comment from somebody in the military to be amusing...]
  31. _______________________________________________________________
  32. Harvey Brydon         | Internet:   brydon@dsn.SINet.slb.com
  33. Dowell Schlumberger   | P.O.T.S.:   (918)250-4312
  34.    Wait State:  What happens while the computer boots.
  35.