[Info-vax] [OT] Abbreviations, was: Re: Desperately Seeking OpenVMS ecosystem

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In article <kvhbna-jfb2.ln1 at news.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>
>> In article <l7v0nk$3e8$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>On 2013-12-07, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> When the context at hand is "electronic presentations", *no* IT
>>>> professional today would missunderstand what PPT stands for!
>>>>
>>>
>>>Agreed. As a example, I know at least three definitions for "RMS" and
>>>each would be clear in a discussion because of the context it would be
>>>used in without having to spell it out.
>>
>> Mention of RMS in the context of comp.os.vms stands a better chance of being
>> understood to be Record Management Services than as Root Mean Squared, Risk 
>> Management Solutions, Richard Matthew Stallman, Railway Mail Service or the
>> Ramstein Air Base.  I'm sure there are those reading here that have used or
>> have seen RMS in these other contexts but they would most likely read Record
>> Management Services.  
>>
>> PPT: Parts per Thousand|Trillion, Precipitate?  Primitive Pythagorean Triple,
>> Perl Power Tools, Personal Property Tax or Putnam Premier (Income) Trust.  I
>> would have thought of one of the aforementioned; not PowerPuke which I would
>> have assumed abbreviated as PP.
>
>In VAXman speak:
>
>Poor Presentation Technology?

I like that... it's very fitting.



>Pathetic Presentation Technique?
-^^^^^^^^

I like that too.  Probably why it's promoted so by Hopelessly Pathetic. :)
--------------------------------------------------------------^^^^^^^^


>FWIW one of the best presentations I attended in recent years was given
>by an architect.  While he used PowerPoint for the couple of slides
>he showed*, they were obviously graphics prepared by some other tool.
>
>The bulk of his visual content was done by hand using good old fashioned
>flip charts.
>
>* PowerPoint because that's all the conference room laptop connected to
>the projector was set up to accept.

I've done mine using Keynote and my own MacBook Pro.  For the MBP, I have
adapters for VGA (used by many projectors) and, more recently, HDMI used
by the projectors employed, at least, at the last OpenVMS Bootcamp.  It's
was not difficult to swap cables from the WEENDOZE laptop to my MBP, but
there are those here used to the M$ Gaming Console that cannot think that
through without a cheese pop-up point-'n'-click to do it for them.  

When it comes right down to it, it's the presentation that matters; not the
format of the file used to present it.  There are many things that are far
better than M$'s offerings, especially in the audio/video realm where Apple
reigns supreme, and those who are too childish to see that are sticking to
their anything non-M$ PoV. :P

It's ironic how those who would have us jump off of VMS -- because of its
perceived age and perceived shortcomings in the "modern" IT world -- onto
Linux or some other OS are unwilling abandon the decrepit detritus of M$.

Keep your PPT if you like Crayola-8 paint-by-numbers bullet points;  I'll
keep presenting a full multi-media experience with a quality presentation
toolset on my MBP. 

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