1 Apr
1999
1 Apr
'99
10:56 p.m.
I don't mind the "Compaq" where the
"digital" used to be, it's the
"Compaq OpenVMS" I find sick! How egotistical!
What about DECUS?... I received my booklet announcing the next DECUS,
and it says 'DECUS, A Compaq Users Group'.
ugh.
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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11:32 p.m.
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I don't mind the "Compaq" where the
"digital" used to be, it's the
"Compaq OpenVMS" I find sick! How egotistical!
What about DECUS?... I received my booklet announcing the next DECUS,
and it says 'DECUS, A Compaq Users Group'.
ugh.
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
2 Apr
2 Apr
1:58 a.m.
Me too. I thought that a little... erm, revolting.
Kevin
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On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Megan wrote:
I don't mind the "Compaq" where the
"digital" used to be, it's the
"Compaq OpenVMS" I find sick! How egotistical!
What about DECUS?... I received my booklet announcing the next DECUS,
and it says 'DECUS, A Compaq Users Group'.
ugh.
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry!zk3.dec.com |
| Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg!world.std.com |
| Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of '!' |
| 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ |
| Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler |
| (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg |
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3:04 a.m.
On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Well "CompaqUS" is just _too_ ugly.
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor
What about
DECUS?... I received my booklet announcing the next DECUS,
and it says 'DECUS, A Compaq Users Group'.
I'd not noticed that, but I'm not surprised. At least they've left the name
DECUS, at least for the time being. 
7:47 a.m.
Zane wrote:
I'd not noticed that, but I'm not surprised.
At least they've left the name
DECUS, at least for the time being.
Well, "decus" is a Latin word. (I forget what it means -- it's part of a
motto, "decus et tutamen". One translation could be "an ornament and a
safeguard", though I thought "an ARMAMENT and a shield" was the
translation.)
So there's an angle that would encourage keeping the old name.
Maybe DECUS could claim to be an independent entity and fight the change?
To me, CUS sounds too much like swearing and I would be tempted to turn
COMPUS into PUS.
-- Derek
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