[Info-vax] Nomenclature, pt. 2 [was Re: VMS survivability]

[Dan Cross]

In article <mddsfez97rk.fsf_-_ at panix5.panix.com>,
Rich Alderson  <news at alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:
>cross at spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes:
>> In article <tsu14t$g5l7$1 at dont-email.me>,
>> Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>> And then there is the vendor independence. With Linux you
>>> were not tied to SUN/IBM/HP/DEC. Some companies liked that.
>   
>> "Sun" not "SUN"
>
>The first product from Sun Microsystems was built around the SUN-1 processor
>board, in which "SUN" was an acronym for "Stanford University Network".

True, but.... The name of the company was Sun Microsystems.
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