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8 Nov
Painful but True

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Fri,  8 Nov 96 22:52:13 -0800
To: Fun_People
Subject: Painful but True

Forwarded-by: chuck@NYC.Thinkbank.COM (Chuck Ocheret)
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Useful Acronyms     [or initialisms, for some of them  -psl]

PCMCIA     People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
ISDN       It Still Does Nothing
APPLE      Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity
SCSI       System Can't See It
DOS        Defunct Operating System
BASIC      Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
IBM        I Blame Microsoft
DEC        Do Expect Cuts
CD-ROM     Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months
OS/2       Obsolete Soon, Too
WWW        World Wide Wait
MACINTOSH  Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs
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